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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. Leviticus 20:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    If 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.
  2. Leviticus 20:11אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
  3. Leviticus 20:12אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
  4. Leviticus 20:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
  5. Leviticus 20:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
  6. Leviticus 20:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
  7. Leviticus 20:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
  8. Leviticus 20:17אֲשֶׁר־
    If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
  9. Leviticus 20:18אֲשֶׁר־
    If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
  10. Leviticus 20:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  11. Leviticus 20:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.
  12. Leviticus 20:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where
    You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
  13. Leviticus 20:23אֲשֶׁר־
    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  14. Leviticus 20:24אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
  15. Leviticus 20:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־ · I have set these
    You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
  16. Leviticus 21:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · since
    …or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
  17. Leviticus 21:10אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ · who
    The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
  18. Leviticus 21:17אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  19. Leviticus 21:18אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
  20. Leviticus 21:19אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    …no man who has a broken foot or hand,
  21. Leviticus 21:21אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
  22. Leviticus 22:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
  23. Leviticus 22:3אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
  24. Leviticus 22:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  25. Leviticus 22:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    …or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
  26. Leviticus 22:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    …the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
  27. Leviticus 22:15אֲשֶׁר־
    The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
  28. Leviticus 22:18אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
  29. Leviticus 22:20אֲשֶׁר־ · with
    You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
  30. Leviticus 23:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
  31. Leviticus 23:4אֲשֶׁר־
    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
  32. Leviticus 23:10אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
  33. Leviticus 23:29אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
  34. Leviticus 23:30אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
  35. Leviticus 23:37אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
  36. Leviticus 23:38אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.
  37. Leviticus 24:19כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · whatever
    If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
  38. Leviticus 24:20כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · Just as
    …fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
  39. Leviticus 24:23כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  40. Leviticus 25:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
  41. Leviticus 25:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.
  42. Leviticus 25:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    …he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.
  43. Leviticus 25:30אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.