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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 48:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.
  2. Ezekiel 48:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
  3. Ezekiel 48:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר · of the area
    So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
  4. Ezekiel 48:29אֲשֶׁר־
    This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.
  5. Daniel 1:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר; וַאֲשֶׁר֙
    …young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
  6. Daniel 1:8אֲשֶׁ֧ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · for permission
    But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
  7. Daniel 1:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֡ר · For; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
  8. Daniel 1:11אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whom
    Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
  9. Daniel 1:13וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · according to what
    Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”
  10. Daniel 1:18אֲשֶׁר־
    Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
  11. Daniel 1:20אֲשֶׁר־ · about which; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
  12. Daniel 8:2אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
  13. Daniel 8:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
  14. Daniel 8:19אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    …and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
  15. Daniel 8:20אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
  16. Daniel 8:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
  17. Daniel 8:26אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
  18. Daniel 9:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
  19. Daniel 9:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
  20. Daniel 9:6אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.
  21. Daniel 9:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to which; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
  22. Daniel 9:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · because
    O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
  23. Daniel 9:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    …and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
  24. Daniel 9:11אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
  25. Daniel 9:12אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · like what
    You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
  26. Daniel 9:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · Just as
    Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
  27. Daniel 9:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
  28. Daniel 9:15אֲשֶׁר֩ · who
    Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
  29. Daniel 9:18אֲשֶׁר־
    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  30. Daniel 9:21אֲשֶׁר֩
    …while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
  31. Daniel 10:1אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
  32. Daniel 10:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
  33. Daniel 10:11אֲשֶׁר֩ · that
    He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
  34. Daniel 10:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
  35. Daniel 10:14אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
  36. Daniel 11:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · with which
    But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.
  37. Daniel 11:24אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what
    In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.
  38. Daniel 11:38אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
  39. Daniel 11:39אֲשֶׁ֥ר · those who
    He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.