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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 11:20כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  2. Joshua 11:23אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
  3. Joshua 12:1אֲשֶׁ֨ר · and whose
    Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
  4. Joshua 12:2אֲשֶׁר֩
    Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
  5. Joshua 12:7אֲשֶׁר֩ · that
    And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
  6. Joshua 12:9אֲשֶׁר־ · which [is]
    …the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
  7. Joshua 13:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀
    …from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
  8. Joshua 13:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · of
    …to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;
  9. Joshua 13:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
  10. Joshua 13:8אֲשֶׁר֩; כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ · just as
    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
  11. Joshua 13:9אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
  12. Joshua 13:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    …and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
  13. Joshua 13:12אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    …the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
  14. Joshua 13:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  15. Joshua 13:16אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
  16. Joshua 13:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
  17. Joshua 13:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; אֲשֶׁר֩ · [until]
    …all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
  18. Joshua 13:25אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
  19. Joshua 13:30אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
  20. Joshua 13:32אֲשֶׁר־
    These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
  21. Joshua 13:33כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  22. Joshua 14:1אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
  23. Joshua 14:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  24. Joshua 14:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
  25. Joshua 14:6אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
  26. Joshua 14:7כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · an honest
    I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
  27. Joshua 14:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  28. Joshua 14:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · on which
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  29. Joshua 14:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as; אֲשֶׁר־ · while
    Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
  30. Joshua 14:11כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · as
    …still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
  31. Joshua 14:12אֲשֶׁר־ · that; כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
  32. Joshua 14:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
  33. Joshua 15:7אֲשֶׁר־ · which; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
  34. Joshua 15:8אֲ֠שֶׁר · that; אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  35. Joshua 15:16אֲשֶׁר־ · To the man who
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  36. Joshua 15:46אֲשֶׁר־ · the cities
    …from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
  37. Joshua 17:5אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,
  38. Joshua 17:7אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  39. Joshua 17:14אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
  40. Joshua 17:16לַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר; וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר
    “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”