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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. Ruth 1:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
  2. Ruth 1:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · as
    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
  3. Ruth 1:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
  4. Ruth 1:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר; וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · and wherever
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  5. Ruth 1:17בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · Where
    Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
  6. Ruth 2:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in whose
    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
  7. Ruth 2:3אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who [was]
    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  8. Ruth 2:9אֲשֶׁר־ · [the]; מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר · from
    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
  9. Ruth 2:11אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  10. Ruth 2:12אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
  11. Ruth 2:17אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
  12. Ruth 2:18אֲשֶׁר־ · what; אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
  13. Ruth 2:19אֲשֶׁר־ · where; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
  14. Ruth 2:20אֲשֶׁר֙ · who
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
  15. Ruth 2:21אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
  16. Ruth 3:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
  17. Ruth 3:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whose
    Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
  18. Ruth 3:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
  19. Ruth 3:5אֲשֶׁר־
    “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
  20. Ruth 3:6אֲשֶׁר־
    So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
  21. Ruth 3:11אֲשֶׁר־
    And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
  22. Ruth 3:15אֲשֶׁר־
    And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.
  23. Ruth 3:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
  24. Ruth 3:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  25. Ruth 4:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
  26. Ruth 4:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
  27. Ruth 4:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
  28. Ruth 4:11אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
  29. Ruth 4:12אֲשֶׁר־ · whom; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  30. Ruth 4:14אֲ֠שֶׁר · who
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  31. Ruth 4:15אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  32. 1 Samuel 1:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  33. 1 Samuel 1:24כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · Once
    Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
  34. 1 Samuel 1:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
  35. 1 Samuel 1:28אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
  36. 1 Samuel 2:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
  37. 1 Samuel 2:16כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · whatever
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  38. 1 Samuel 2:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
  39. 1 Samuel 2:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.