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.
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
Occurrences
5,502 total
- Leviticus 15:23אֲשֶׁר־ · whichAnd whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:24אֲשֶׁר־ · whichIf a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
- Leviticus 15:26אֲשֶׁר־ · which; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whichAny bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
- Leviticus 15:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whichYou must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- Leviticus 15:32וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר · of the man whoThis is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
- Leviticus 15:33אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who…of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
- Leviticus 16:2אֲשֶׁ֤רAnd the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 16:6אֲשֶׁר־Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
- Leviticus 16:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר…he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.
- Leviticus 16:10אֲשֶׁר֩But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
- Leviticus 16:11אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
- Leviticus 16:13אֲשֶׁ֥רHe is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
- Leviticus 16:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · asAaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
- Leviticus 16:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatThen he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.
- Leviticus 16:23אֲשֶׁ֥רThen Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
- Leviticus 16:27אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whoseThe bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
- Leviticus 16:32אֲשֶׁר־ · who; וַאֲשֶׁ֤רThe priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
- Leviticus 16:34כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · asThis is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 17:2אֲשֶׁר־ · is what“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
- Leviticus 17:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
- Leviticus 17:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֣רFor this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:7אֲשֶׁ֛ר · to whichThey must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
- Leviticus 17:8אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
- Leviticus 17:10אֲשֶׁ֥רIf anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · thatAnd if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- Leviticus 17:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whoAnd any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Leviticus 18:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · into whichYou must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
- Leviticus 18:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר · [for]Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:24אֲשֶׁר־Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Leviticus 18:27אֲשֶׁ֣רFor the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
- Leviticus 18:28כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as; אֲשֶׁ֥רSo if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
- Leviticus 18:29אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whoTherefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
- Leviticus 18:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר · thatYou must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Leviticus 19:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥רThe priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
- Leviticus 19:36אֲשֶׁר־ · whoYou shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 20:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Leviticus 20:6אֲשֶׁ֨רWhoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- Leviticus 20:9אֲשֶׁ֨רIf anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Leviticus 20:10אֲשֶׁ֤רIf a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.