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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. Deuteronomy 13:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁר֙ · which
    If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
  2. Deuteronomy 13:7אֲשֶׁר֙
    …the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
  3. Deuteronomy 13:12אֲשֶׁר֩
    If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
  4. Deuteronomy 13:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    …that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
  5. Deuteronomy 13:15אֲשֶׁר־
    …you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
  6. Deuteronomy 13:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
  7. Deuteronomy 13:18אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    …because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  8. Deuteronomy 14:2אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  9. Deuteronomy 14:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
  10. Deuteronomy 14:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that [live]; אֲשֶׁר־
    Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
  11. Deuteronomy 14:10אֲשֶׁ֧ר · that
    …but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
  12. Deuteronomy 14:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  13. Deuteronomy 14:21אֲשֶׁר־
    You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
  14. Deuteronomy 14:23אֲשֶׁר־
    And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
  15. Deuteronomy 14:24אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where
    But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
  16. Deuteronomy 14:25אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
  17. Deuteronomy 14:26אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
  18. Deuteronomy 14:27אֲשֶׁר־
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  19. Deuteronomy 14:29אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
  20. Deuteronomy 15:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
  21. Deuteronomy 15:3וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר · whatever
    You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
  22. Deuteronomy 15:4אֲשֶׁר֙ · that
    There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
  23. Deuteronomy 15:5אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    …if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.
  24. Deuteronomy 15:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
  25. Deuteronomy 15:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
  26. Deuteronomy 15:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
  27. Deuteronomy 15:14אֲשֶׁ֧ר · as
    You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
  28. Deuteronomy 15:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
  29. Deuteronomy 15:19אֲשֶׁר֩
    You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
  30. Deuteronomy 15:20אֲשֶׁר־
    Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
  31. Deuteronomy 16:2אֲשֶׁר־
    You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
  32. Deuteronomy 16:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
  33. Deuteronomy 16:5אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
  34. Deuteronomy 16:6אֲשֶׁר־
    You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
  35. Deuteronomy 16:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
  36. Deuteronomy 16:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · in proportion to how
    And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
  37. Deuteronomy 16:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    …and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  38. Deuteronomy 16:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  39. Deuteronomy 16:15אֲשֶׁר־
    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
  40. Deuteronomy 16:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
  41. Deuteronomy 16:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
  42. Deuteronomy 16:18אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
  43. Deuteronomy 16:20אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.