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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 30:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · by which
    …and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  2. Numbers 30:5אֲשֶׁר־ · by which
    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
  3. Numbers 30:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר · by which
    If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
  4. Numbers 30:7אֲשֶׁר־ · by which
    …and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  5. Numbers 30:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
  6. Numbers 30:9אֲשֶׁר־
    Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
  7. Numbers 30:11אֲשֶׁר־ · by which
    …and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  8. Numbers 30:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.
  9. Numbers 30:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
  10. Numbers 31:7כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
  11. Numbers 31:12אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  12. Numbers 31:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    …but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
  13. Numbers 31:21אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
  14. Numbers 31:23אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · that
    …everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
  15. Numbers 31:31כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
  16. Numbers 31:32אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
  17. Numbers 31:35אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    …and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
  18. Numbers 31:41כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  19. Numbers 31:42אֲשֶׁר֙ · which
    From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
  20. Numbers 31:47כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
  21. Numbers 31:48אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who
    Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
  22. Numbers 31:49אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
  23. Numbers 31:50אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
  24. Numbers 31:52אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
  25. Numbers 32:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    …which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
  26. Numbers 32:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
  27. Numbers 32:9אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
  28. Numbers 32:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
  29. Numbers 32:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
  30. Numbers 32:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  31. Numbers 32:25כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
  32. Numbers 32:27כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
  33. Numbers 32:31אֲשֶׁ֨ר · As
    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
  34. Numbers 32:38אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
  35. Numbers 32:39אֲשֶׁר־ · who were
    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  36. Numbers 33:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
  37. Numbers 33:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
  38. Numbers 33:6אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
  39. Numbers 33:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
  40. Numbers 33:54אֲשֶׁר־ · Whatever
    And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
  41. Numbers 33:55אֲשֶׁ֣ר · those; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
  42. Numbers 33:56כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
  43. Numbers 34:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
  44. Numbers 34:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁר֙
    So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
  45. Numbers 34:17אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.