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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. Numbers 16:26אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that belongs
    And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
  2. Numbers 16:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
  3. Numbers 16:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
  4. Numbers 16:32אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
  5. Numbers 16:33אֲשֶׁ֥ר · they owned
    They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
  6. Numbers 16:34אֲשֶׁ֛ר · who [were]
    At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
  7. Numbers 16:39אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
  8. Numbers 16:40אֲשֶׁ֨ר · just as; אֲ֠שֶׁר · who; כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
  9. Numbers 16:47כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · as
    So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.
  10. Numbers 17:4אֲשֶׁ֛ר · where
    Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
  11. Numbers 17:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
  12. Numbers 17:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
  13. Numbers 18:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
  14. Numbers 18:12אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
  15. Numbers 18:13אֲשֶׁ֧ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
  16. Numbers 18:15אֲשֶׁר־ · whether
    The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
  17. Numbers 18:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
  18. Numbers 18:21אֲשֶׁר־
    Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
  19. Numbers 18:24אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
  20. Numbers 18:26אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
  21. Numbers 18:28אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
  22. Numbers 19:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
  23. Numbers 19:13אֲשֶׁר־
    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
  24. Numbers 19:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
  25. Numbers 19:15אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    …and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
  26. Numbers 19:16אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
  27. Numbers 19:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
  28. Numbers 19:20אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  29. Numbers 19:22אֲשֶׁר־
    Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
  30. Numbers 20:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
  31. Numbers 20:12אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
  32. Numbers 20:13אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
  33. Numbers 20:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
  34. Numbers 20:17אֲשֶֽׁר־
    Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
  35. Numbers 20:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
  36. Numbers 20:27כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.
  37. Numbers 21:11אֲשֶׁר֙
    They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
  38. Numbers 21:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
  39. Numbers 21:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    …even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
  40. Numbers 21:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where
    From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
  41. Numbers 21:20אֲשֶׁר֙
    …and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  42. Numbers 21:22אֲשֶֽׁר־
    “Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
  43. Numbers 21:30אֲשֶׁ֖רׄ · which
    But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”