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Asher [Heb.,=happy], in the Bible, tribe of Israel. Its eponym was Jacob's eighth son. It occupied the northwestern part of ancient Palestine, and its position laid Asher open to influence from other nations and attacks by them. It seems to have become insignificant early in Jewish history. The name occurs in Egyptian inscriptions. An alternate spelling is Aser.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Asher. One of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Asher The name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel who occupied a fertile part of Galilee (Deut. 33: 24–5). The inhabitants came to the help of Gideon against the Midianites (Judg. 6: 35). The tribe survived even after the conquests of Assyria (1 Chron. 7: 30, 40; Luke 2: 36).

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