Hebrew word · H844

אַשְׂרִיאֵל

'asri'el

Asriel

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.31;

son of: Gilead (H1568H);

brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A)

Also named: as.ri.e.li (אַשְׂרִיאֵלִי "Asrielite" H0845)

§ Ashriel or Asriel = "I shall be prince of God"

1) a great-grandson of Manasseh, and son of Gilead

2) a son of Manasseh

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:31 וְאַ֨שְׂרִיאֵ֔ל and Asriel

    the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem,

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 17:2 אַשְׂרִיאֵל֙ Asriel

    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

    Here: Clan name (Num 26:31; 1 Chr 7:14). The name also turns up as a district name in the Samaria ostraca.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:14 אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל Asriel

    The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

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