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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 24:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · by what
    Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
  2. Joshua 24:7אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  3. Joshua 24:13אֲשֶׁ֧ר · on which; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
  4. Joshua 24:14אֲשֶׁר֩
    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
  5. Joshua 24:15אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in whose
    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  6. Joshua 24:17וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר · and; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · through which
    For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  7. Joshua 24:20אֲשֶׁר־
    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  8. Joshua 24:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
  9. Joshua 24:26אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that [was]
    Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
  10. Joshua 24:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
  11. Joshua 24:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
  12. Joshua 24:31אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · and; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  13. Joshua 24:32אֲשֶׁר־ · which; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
  14. Joshua 24:33אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
  15. Judges 1:7כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · As
    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  16. Judges 1:12אֲשֶׁר־ · To the man
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  17. Judges 1:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
  18. Judges 1:20כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר · Just as
    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
  19. Judges 2:1אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  20. Judges 2:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  21. Judges 2:10אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  22. Judges 2:12אֲשֶׁר֙
    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
  23. Judges 2:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · just as; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר
    Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
  24. Judges 2:17אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
  25. Judges 2:20אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
  26. Judges 2:21אֲשֶׁר־
    I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
  27. Judges 2:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
  28. Judges 3:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
  29. Judges 3:2אֲשֶׁר־ · to those who
    …if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  30. Judges 3:4אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
  31. Judges 3:18כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · After
    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
  32. Judges 3:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
  33. Judges 3:20אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
  34. Judges 4:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.