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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 16:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · like
    While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
  2. Judges 16:11אֲשֶׁ֛ר · that
    He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  3. Judges 16:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · back after
    However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
  4. Judges 16:24וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and
    And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
  5. Judges 16:26אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
  6. Judges 16:29אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
  7. Judges 16:30אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר · than
    Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
  8. Judges 17:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    …said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
  9. Judges 17:8בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
  10. Judges 17:9בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · wherever
    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
  11. Judges 18:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  12. Judges 18:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
  13. Judges 18:7אֲשֶׁר־
    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
  14. Judges 18:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
  15. Judges 18:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
  16. Judges 18:22אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר֙
    After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
  17. Judges 18:24אֲשֶׁר־
    He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
  18. Judges 18:27אֲשֶׁר־ · [idols]; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
  19. Judges 18:28אֲשֶׁ֣ר · near
    There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
  20. Judges 18:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
  21. Judges 18:31אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
  22. Judges 19:12אֲשֶׁ֛ר · where
    But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
  23. Judges 19:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
  24. Judges 19:22אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
  25. Judges 19:23אֲשֶׁר־
    The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
  26. Judges 19:26אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
  27. Judges 20:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
  28. Judges 20:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · is what
    Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
  29. Judges 20:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
  30. Judges 20:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  31. Judges 20:13אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  32. Judges 20:22אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
  33. Judges 20:31אֲשֶׁ֨ר · of which
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  34. Judges 20:36אֲשֶׁר
    Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
  35. Judges 20:42וַאֲשֶׁר֙ · and the men
    So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
  36. Judges 21:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר; לַ֠אֲשֶׁר · that anyone
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  37. Judges 21:8אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
  38. Judges 21:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what
    This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
  39. Judges 21:12אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  40. Judges 21:13אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
  41. Judges 21:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  42. Judges 21:19אֲשֶׁ֞ר · which [is]
    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
  43. Judges 21:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.