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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 24:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    …and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
  2. Genesis 24:5אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
  3. Genesis 24:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · and
    The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
  4. Genesis 24:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whom
    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
  5. Genesis 24:15אֲשֶׁ֤ר · She
    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  6. Genesis 24:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · after
    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  7. Genesis 24:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
  8. Genesis 24:27אֲ֠שֶׁר · who
    …saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
  9. Genesis 24:32אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
  10. Genesis 24:36אֲשֶׁר־
    My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
  11. Genesis 24:37אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
  12. Genesis 24:40אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
  13. Genesis 24:42אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  14. Genesis 24:44אֲשֶׁר־
    …and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
  15. Genesis 24:47אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  16. Genesis 24:48אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
  17. Genesis 24:51כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
  18. Genesis 24:52כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · When
    When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
  19. Genesis 24:54אֲשֶׁר־
    Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
  20. Genesis 24:66אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
  21. Genesis 25:5אֲשֶׁר־
    Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
  22. Genesis 25:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר · of his
    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
  23. Genesis 25:7אֲשֶׁר־
    Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
  24. Genesis 25:9אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  25. Genesis 25:10אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
  26. Genesis 25:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whom
    This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  27. Genesis 25:18אֲשֶׁר֙ · which
    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  28. Genesis 26:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  29. Genesis 26:2אֲשֶׁ֖ר · where
    The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
  30. Genesis 26:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
  31. Genesis 26:5אֲשֶׁר־
    …because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
  32. Genesis 26:15אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
  33. Genesis 26:18אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
  34. Genesis 26:29כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ · just as; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר · but
    …that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
  35. Genesis 26:32אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  36. Genesis 27:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
  37. Genesis 27:8לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and do exactly as
    Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
  38. Genesis 27:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · the kind
    Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
  39. Genesis 27:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
  40. Genesis 27:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
    So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
  41. Genesis 27:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
  42. Genesis 27:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
  43. Genesis 27:19כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
  44. Genesis 27:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
  45. Genesis 27:30כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · As soon as
    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.