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.
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
Occurrences
5,502 total
- Deuteronomy 5:33אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatYou must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Deuteronomy 6:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatThese are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- Deuteronomy 6:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that…so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:3אֲשֶׁר֙ · so that; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר; כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · just asHear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 6:6אֲשֶׁ֨רThese words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 6:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatAnd when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 6:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · thing with which; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that…with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- Deuteronomy 6:12אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who…be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 6:14אֲשֶׁ֖רDo not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
- Deuteronomy 6:16כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · asDo not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- Deuteronomy 6:17אֲשֶׁ֥רYou are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
- Deuteronomy 6:18אֲשֶׁר־ · thatDo what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 6:19כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as…driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
- Deuteronomy 6:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatIn the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
- Deuteronomy 6:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatBut He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
- Deuteronomy 6:25כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · asAnd if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
- Deuteronomy 7:1אֲשֶׁר־ · thatWhen the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- Deuteronomy 7:6אֲשֶׁ֖רFor you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:8אֲשֶׁ֤רBut because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר · thatSo keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatIf you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 7:13אֲשֶׁר־ · thatHe will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Deuteronomy 7:15אֲשֶׁ֣רAnd the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Deuteronomy 7:16אֲשֶׁ֨רYou must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Deuteronomy 7:18אֲשֶׁר־ · whatBut do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 7:19אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · by which; אֲשֶׁר־…the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Deuteronomy 8:1אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · thatYou must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · whatRemember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whichHe humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 8:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · just asSo know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Deuteronomy 8:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֣ר…a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- Deuteronomy 8:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatWhen you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Deuteronomy 8:11אֲשֶׁ֛ר · whichBe careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:13אֲשֶׁר־ · that…and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
- Deuteronomy 8:15אֲשֶׁ֣רHe led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Deuteronomy 8:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · thatHe fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Deuteronomy 8:18אֲשֶׁר־ · thatBut remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר · thatLike the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.