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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. Exodus 13:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
  2. Exodus 14:12אֲשֶׁר֩
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  3. Exodus 14:13אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · the Egyptians
    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
  4. Exodus 14:31אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
  5. Exodus 15:26אֲשֶׁר־
    …saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  6. Exodus 16:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.
  7. Exodus 16:5אֲשֶׁר־ · what; אֲשֶֽׁר־ · much
    Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
  8. Exodus 16:8אֲשֶׁר־
    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  9. Exodus 16:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  10. Exodus 16:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what; לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
  11. Exodus 16:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what; אֲשֶׁר־ · what; אֲשֶֽׁר־ · what
    He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
  12. Exodus 16:24כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
  13. Exodus 16:32אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
  14. Exodus 16:34כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  15. Exodus 17:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר · with which
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
  16. Exodus 17:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
  17. Exodus 17:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · As long as; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · but when
    As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
  18. Exodus 18:1אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  19. Exodus 18:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · [son]
    …along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  20. Exodus 18:5אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
  21. Exodus 18:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
  22. Exodus 18:9אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians.
  23. Exodus 18:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · and who
    Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians.
  24. Exodus 18:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when they
    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  25. Exodus 18:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
  26. Exodus 18:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
  27. Exodus 18:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
  28. Exodus 18:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
  29. Exodus 18:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
  30. Exodus 19:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
  31. Exodus 19:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
  32. Exodus 19:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
  33. Exodus 19:8אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  34. Exodus 19:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
  35. Exodus 19:18אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  36. Exodus 20:2אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who
    “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  37. Exodus 20:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר֣; וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩; וַאֲשֶׁ֥֣ר
    You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.