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אֲשֶׁר

a.sherwhichHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPronoun5,502 occurrences39 books4,440 verses

Definition

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Traditional renderings: × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֲשֶׁר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,502 total
  1. Ezekiel 13:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
  2. Ezekiel 14:4אֲשֶׁר֩ · When
    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
  3. Ezekiel 14:5אֲשֶׁ֤ר · For
    …so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
  4. Ezekiel 14:7אֲשֶׁר־
    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
  5. Ezekiel 14:22אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
  6. Ezekiel 14:23אֲשֶׁר־ · [these things]
    They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  7. Ezekiel 15:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
  8. Ezekiel 15:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · Like; אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
  9. Ezekiel 16:14אֲשֶׁר־
    Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
  10. Ezekiel 16:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
  11. Ezekiel 16:19אֲשֶׁר־
    And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.
  12. Ezekiel 16:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
  13. Ezekiel 16:36אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
  14. Ezekiel 16:37אֲשֶׁ֣ר · with whom; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · those; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · those
    …therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
  15. Ezekiel 16:43אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
  16. Ezekiel 16:45אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
  17. Ezekiel 16:48כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
  18. Ezekiel 16:50כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
  19. Ezekiel 16:51אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
  20. Ezekiel 16:52אֲשֶׁ֤ר · since; אֲשֶׁר־
    So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
  21. Ezekiel 16:54אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
  22. Ezekiel 16:59כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · according to; אֲשֶׁר־ · since
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
  23. Ezekiel 16:63אֲשֶׁ֣ר · all
    …so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
  24. Ezekiel 17:3אֲשֶׁר־
    …and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
  25. Ezekiel 17:16אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whose; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and whose
    ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
  26. Ezekiel 17:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
  27. Ezekiel 17:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
  28. Ezekiel 18:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
  29. Ezekiel 18:18וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
  30. Ezekiel 18:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
  31. Ezekiel 18:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
  32. Ezekiel 18:24אֲשֶׁר־ · as; אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
  33. Ezekiel 18:26אֲשֶׁר־
    If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  34. Ezekiel 18:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
  35. Ezekiel 18:28אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  36. Ezekiel 18:31אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  37. Ezekiel 20:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  38. Ezekiel 20:9אֲשֶׁר־ · among whom
    But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.