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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. Joshua 4:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as; כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · just as
    Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
  2. Joshua 4:10אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
  3. Joshua 4:11כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · and after
    …and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
  4. Joshua 4:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
  5. Joshua 4:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
  6. Joshua 4:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
  7. Joshua 4:21אֲשֶׁר֩ · when
    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
  8. Joshua 4:23אֲשֶׁר־ · For; כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as; אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
  9. Joshua 5:1אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · how
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  10. Joshua 5:4אֲשֶׁר־
    Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
  11. Joshua 5:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר · since; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · So; אֲשֶׁר֩
    For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  12. Joshua 5:8כַּאֲשֶׁר־ · after
    And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
  13. Joshua 5:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  14. Joshua 6:17אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
  15. Joshua 6:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
  16. Joshua 6:22אֲשֶׁר־ · who are; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
  17. Joshua 6:23אֲשֶׁר־ · who belonged
    So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
  18. Joshua 6:24אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
  19. Joshua 6:25אֲשֶׁר־ · who belonged; אֲשֶׁר־
    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
  20. Joshua 6:26אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
  21. Joshua 7:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  22. Joshua 7:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
  23. Joshua 7:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
  24. Joshua 7:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶֽׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.
  25. Joshua 7:15אֲשֶׁר־
    The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
  26. Joshua 7:24אֲשֶׁר־ · he owned
    Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
  27. Joshua 8:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
  28. Joshua 8:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
  29. Joshua 8:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as they did before
    They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
  30. Joshua 8:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who [were]
    Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
  31. Joshua 8:13אֲשֶׁר֙
    So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
  32. Joshua 8:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
  33. Joshua 8:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
  34. Joshua 8:18אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,