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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. Genesis 8:21כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  2. Genesis 9:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר · creature that
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  3. Genesis 9:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
  4. Genesis 9:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    …and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
  5. Genesis 9:12אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
  6. Genesis 9:15אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
  7. Genesis 9:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that [is]
    And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
  8. Genesis 9:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
  9. Genesis 9:24אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
  10. Genesis 10:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whom
    …the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
  11. Genesis 11:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
  12. Genesis 11:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
  13. Genesis 11:7אֲשֶׁר֙ · so that
    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
  14. Genesis 12:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
  15. Genesis 12:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
  16. Genesis 12:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
  17. Genesis 12:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · As
    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
  18. Genesis 12:20אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
  19. Genesis 13:1אֲשֶׁר־
    So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
  20. Genesis 13:3אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
  21. Genesis 13:4אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    …to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
  22. Genesis 13:14אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  23. Genesis 13:15אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
  24. Genesis 13:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · so that
    I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  25. Genesis 13:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
  26. Genesis 14:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  27. Genesis 14:6אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which [is]
    …and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
  28. Genesis 14:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
  29. Genesis 14:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
  30. Genesis 14:20אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    …and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  31. Genesis 14:23אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
  32. Genesis 14:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
  33. Genesis 15:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
  34. Genesis 15:7אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
  35. Genesis 15:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  36. Genesis 15:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
  37. Genesis 16:15אֲשֶׁר־
    And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
  38. Genesis 17:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
  39. Genesis 17:12אֲשֶׁ֛ר · who
    Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
  40. Genesis 17:14אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  41. Genesis 17:21אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom
    But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
  42. Genesis 17:23כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
  43. Genesis 18:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
  44. Genesis 18:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
  45. Genesis 18:17אֲשֶׁ֖ר · what
    And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
  46. Genesis 18:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר · so that
    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”