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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 20:7אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
  2. Exodus 20:10אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר · within
    …but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
  3. Exodus 20:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  4. Exodus 20:12אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  5. Exodus 20:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  6. Exodus 20:21אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  7. Exodus 20:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
  8. Exodus 20:26אֲשֶׁ֛ר · lest
    And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
  9. Exodus 21:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
  10. Exodus 21:8אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
  11. Exodus 21:13וַאֲשֶׁר֙ · If, however; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
  12. Exodus 21:22כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
  13. Exodus 21:30אֲשֶׁר־
    If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
  14. Exodus 22:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  15. Exodus 22:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
  16. Exodus 23:13אֲשֶׁר־
    Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
  17. Exodus 23:15כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
  18. Exodus 23:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · from what
    You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
  19. Exodus 23:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
  20. Exodus 23:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
  21. Exodus 23:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
  22. Exodus 23:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
  23. Exodus 24:3אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
  24. Exodus 24:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
  25. Exodus 24:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
  26. Exodus 24:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
  27. Exodus 24:14אֲשֶׁר־
    And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
  28. Exodus 25:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whose
    “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
  29. Exodus 25:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
  30. Exodus 25:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
  31. Exodus 25:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
  32. Exodus 25:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
  33. Exodus 25:22אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · that
    And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
  34. Exodus 25:26אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
  35. Exodus 25:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
  36. Exodus 25:40אֲשֶׁר־
    See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
  37. Exodus 26:5אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
  38. Exodus 26:30אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
  39. Exodus 27:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · just as
    Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
  40. Exodus 27:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that [is]
    In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
  41. Exodus 28:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
  42. Exodus 28:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
  43. Exodus 28:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
  44. Exodus 28:26אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
  45. Exodus 28:38אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.
  46. Exodus 29:1אֲשֶֽׁר־ · is what
    “Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
  47. Exodus 29:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.