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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. Judges 4:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  2. Judges 4:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
  3. Judges 4:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
  4. Judges 4:14אֲשֶׁר֩ · that
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  5. Judges 4:22אֲשֶׁר־
    When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
  6. Judges 4:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
  7. Judges 5:27בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
  8. Judges 6:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
  9. Judges 6:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in whose
    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
  10. Judges 6:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  11. Judges 6:13אֲשֶׁר֩ · of which
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
  12. Judges 6:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
  13. Judges 6:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
  14. Judges 6:26אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
  15. Judges 6:27כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as; כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · But because
    So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
  16. Judges 6:28אֲשֶׁר־
    When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
  17. Judges 6:30אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
  18. Judges 6:31אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · Whoever
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  19. Judges 6:36כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  20. Judges 6:37כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    …then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
  21. Judges 7:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  22. Judges 7:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  23. Judges 7:4אֲשֶׁר֩ · If; אֲשֶׁר־ · if
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  24. Judges 7:5אֲשֶׁר־ · who; כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · like; אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
  25. Judges 7:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · were [guarding]
    …and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
  26. Judges 7:17כַאֲשֶׁר־ · exactly as
    “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
  27. Judges 7:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who [are]
    When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
  28. Judges 7:19אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that [were]
    Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
  29. Judges 8:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
  30. Judges 8:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  31. Judges 8:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
  32. Judges 8:15אֲשֶׁר֩ · about whom
    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
  33. Judges 8:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
  34. Judges 8:21אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
  35. Judges 8:26אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  36. Judges 8:31אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who [dwelt]
    His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
  37. Judges 8:33כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · as soon as
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  38. Judges 8:35אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
  39. Judges 9:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
  40. Judges 9:9אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’