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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 18:19אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    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.”
  2. Genesis 18:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
  3. Genesis 18:33כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
  4. Genesis 19:5אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
  5. Genesis 19:8אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
  6. Genesis 19:11אֲשֶׁר־
    And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
  7. Genesis 19:12אֲשֶׁר־ · who belongs
    Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
  8. Genesis 19:19אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
  9. Genesis 19:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
  10. Genesis 19:27אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
  11. Genesis 19:29אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
  12. Genesis 20:3אֲשֶׁר־
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  13. Genesis 20:7אֲשֶׁר־ · who belong
    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  14. Genesis 20:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  15. Genesis 20:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · So when; אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  16. Genesis 20:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
  17. Genesis 21:1כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
  18. Genesis 21:2אֲשֶׁר־
    So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
  19. Genesis 21:3אֲשֶׁר־
    And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
  20. Genesis 21:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
  21. Genesis 21:9אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
  22. Genesis 21:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  23. Genesis 21:17בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  24. Genesis 21:22אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
  25. Genesis 21:23אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁר־ · in which
    Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
  26. Genesis 21:25אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
  27. Genesis 21:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
  28. Genesis 22:2אֲשֶׁר־ · whom; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
  29. Genesis 22:3אֲשֶׁר־
    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  30. Genesis 22:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
  31. Genesis 22:14אֲשֶׁר֙ · So
    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  32. Genesis 22:16אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    …saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
  33. Genesis 22:17אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  34. Genesis 22:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  35. Genesis 23:9אֲשֶׁר־ · that belongs; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · it
    …to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
  36. Genesis 23:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that is in it
    “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
  37. Genesis 23:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  38. Genesis 23:17אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֖ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · that [was]; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
  39. Genesis 23:20אֲשֶׁר־ · and its
    So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
  40. Genesis 24:2אֲשֶׁר־
    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,