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Asherite (Jdg 1:32). SEE ASHER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Asherite [Ash’erite] One of the tribe of Asher. Jdg 1:32. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

ASHERAH, ASHERIM Asherah was the name of a Canaanite Baal goddess of fertility (1Ki 18:18-19; 2Ki 23:4; 2Ki 23:7). (The plural form of the word in Hebrew was Asherim.) The names Asherah and Asherim were used of the goddess herself, of images of the goddess, and of the sacred poles and trees that represented the … Continue reading “ASHERAH, ASHERIM”

Asherah (, Assherah’; Auth.Vers. “grove,’ after the Sept. ; Vulg. lucus), a Canaanitish (Phoenician) divinity, whose worship, in connection with that of Baal. spread among the Israelites already in the age of the judges (Jdg 3:7; Jdg 6:25), was more permanently established later by the Queen Jezuebel in the land of Ephraim (1Ki 16:33; 1Ki … Continue reading “Asherah”

Asher. Wright a Presbyterian minister, was a member of the Presbytery of Buffalo, and a missionary among the Seneca Indians for more than forty years, being very successful in his labors. He died at Cattaraugus, N. Y., April 13, 1875. See Presbyterian, May 1, 1875. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Asher Manuscript This Hebrew codex is called after its author, Rabbi Aaron ben-Mose ben- Asher, who flourished about A.D. 900 at Tiberias. Asher was the most accomplished scholar and representative of the Tiberian system of vocalization and accentuation, and his model codex of the Bible ( ), furnished with the points and according to the … Continue reading “Asher Manuscript”

Asher Ben-Jechiel called Magister Asher, a Jewish writer, was born at Rothenburg toward the end of the 13th century, and died in 1327. He was considered one of the most learned of the Spanish Jews, and taught with high repute at Toledo; but he did not escape the persecuting spirit of the time, and was … Continue reading “Asher Ben-Jechiel”

Asher, Aser [Ash’er, A’ser] Eighth son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid. Gen 13. The signification of the name as in the margin is ‘happy.’ His posterity formed one of the twelve tribes. Its portion in the land was in the extreme north, extending northward from Mount Carmel. It was bounded on the east by … Continue reading “Asher, Aser”

ASHER The eighth son of Jacob and second of Zilpah, Gen 30:13 35:26. On entering Canaan his tribe was the fifth in order, numbering fifty-three thousand four hundred. The portion of Asher lay along the seaboard, having Levanon and Zidon on the north, Carmel and the tribe of Issachar on the south, and Zebulun and … Continue reading “Asher”

Ashe, Simeon a Nonconformist and Presbyterian, was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, and afterward settled in Staffordshire, from whence he removed to London, where he exercised his ministry twenty-three years. He was one of the deputies who went to congratulate Charles II on his restoration at Breda. He died in 1662; “a man of holy … Continue reading “Ashe, Simeon”

Ashe, Robert Hoadly, D.D an English divine was born about 1751, and was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1775 he was presented to the perpetual curacy of Crewkerne-cum-Misterton, Somerset,’ which he held till his death, May 3, 1826. He published, for the benefit of an ingenious pupil, some Poetical Translations from Various Authors, by … Continue reading “Ashe, Robert Hoadly, D.D”