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. Leviticus 7:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
  2. Leviticus 7:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
  3. Leviticus 7:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
  4. Leviticus 7:19אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
  5. Leviticus 7:20אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
  6. Leviticus 7:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
  7. Leviticus 7:25אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
  8. Leviticus 7:27אֲשֶׁר־
    If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
  9. Leviticus 7:36אֲשֶׁר֩ · this
    On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
  10. Leviticus 7:38אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    …which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  11. Leviticus 8:4כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  12. Leviticus 8:5אֲשֶׁר־ · is what
    And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
  13. Leviticus 8:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
  14. Leviticus 8:10אֲשֶׁר־
    Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
  15. Leviticus 8:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  16. Leviticus 8:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
  17. Leviticus 8:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
  18. Leviticus 8:21כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  19. Leviticus 8:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
  20. Leviticus 8:26אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · that
    And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
  21. Leviticus 8:29כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
  22. Leviticus 8:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
  23. Leviticus 8:31אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that; כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
  24. Leviticus 8:34כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · What
    What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
  25. Leviticus 8:36אֲשֶׁר־
    So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  26. Leviticus 9:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
  27. Leviticus 9:6אֲשֶׁר־ · is what
    And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
  28. Leviticus 9:7כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
  29. Leviticus 9:8אֲשֶׁר־
    So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
  30. Leviticus 9:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  31. Leviticus 9:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
  32. Leviticus 9:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
  33. Leviticus 9:21כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    …but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
  34. Leviticus 10:1אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
  35. Leviticus 10:3אֲשֶׁר־ · is what
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
  36. Leviticus 10:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
  37. Leviticus 10:6אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that
    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
  38. Leviticus 10:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    …so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
  39. Leviticus 10:15כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
  40. Leviticus 10:18כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
  41. Leviticus 11:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
  42. Leviticus 11:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that [live]; אֲשֶׁר־
    Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
  43. Leviticus 11:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
  44. Leviticus 11:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
  45. Leviticus 11:21אֲשֶׁר־ · those
    However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.