אֲשֶׁר

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 42:12אֲשֶׁר֙ · that [were]
    And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
  2. Ezekiel 42:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where; אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
  3. Ezekiel 42:14אֲשֶׁר־ · in which; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · the places that are
    Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
  4. Ezekiel 42:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
  5. Ezekiel 43:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
  6. Ezekiel 43:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
  7. Ezekiel 43:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
  8. Ezekiel 43:7אֲשֶׁ֧ר · where
    …and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
  9. Ezekiel 43:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
  10. Ezekiel 43:11אֲשֶׁר־
    …and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
  11. Ezekiel 43:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
  12. Ezekiel 43:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as it was
    On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
  13. Ezekiel 44:5אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
  14. Ezekiel 44:9אֲשֶׁ֕ר · who
    This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
  15. Ezekiel 44:10אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · and who
    Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
  16. Ezekiel 44:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
  17. Ezekiel 44:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
  18. Ezekiel 44:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
  19. Ezekiel 44:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · and who
    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
  20. Ezekiel 44:19אֲשֶׁר־ · in which
    When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
  21. Ezekiel 44:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
  22. Ezekiel 44:25אֲשֶֽׁר־
    A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
  23. Ezekiel 45:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.
  24. Ezekiel 46:4אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
  25. Ezekiel 46:7כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and as much
    He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
  26. Ezekiel 46:9אֲשֶׁר־ · by which
    When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
  27. Ezekiel 46:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
  28. Ezekiel 46:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
  29. Ezekiel 46:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
  30. Ezekiel 46:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · and where
    …and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
  31. Ezekiel 46:24אֲשֶׁ֧ר · where
    And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”
  32. Ezekiel 47:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.
  33. Ezekiel 47:9אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁר־ · so wherever
    Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
  34. Ezekiel 47:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · by which
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
  35. Ezekiel 47:14אֲשֶׁ֤ר · Because
    You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
  36. Ezekiel 47:16אֲשֶׁר֙ · (which; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
  37. Ezekiel 47:22אֲשֶׁר־ · and who
    You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  38. Ezekiel 47:23אֲשֶׁר־ · In whatever
    In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.
  39. Ezekiel 48:8אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־
    Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.