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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. 1 Samuel 2:22אֲשֶֽׁר־ · how
    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.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:23אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
  3. 1 Samuel 2:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
  4. 1 Samuel 2:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
  5. 1 Samuel 2:32אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
  6. 1 Samuel 2:34אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  7. 1 Samuel 2:35כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · whatever
    Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
  8. 1 Samuel 3:3אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
  9. 1 Samuel 3:11אֲשֶׁר֙ · at which
    Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
  10. 1 Samuel 3:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
  11. 1 Samuel 3:13אֲשֶׁר־ · of which
    I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
  12. 1 Samuel 3:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
  13. 1 Samuel 4:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
  14. 1 Samuel 5:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  15. 1 Samuel 6:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
  16. 1 Samuel 6:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · as; כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
  17. 1 Samuel 6:7אֲשֶׁ֛ר · that
    Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  18. 1 Samuel 6:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
  19. 1 Samuel 6:15אֲשֶׁר־ · containing; אֲשֶׁר־
    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  20. 1 Samuel 6:17אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
  21. 1 Samuel 6:18אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
  22. 1 Samuel 7:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
  23. 1 Samuel 8:1כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · When
    When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
  24. 1 Samuel 8:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · But when
    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
  25. 1 Samuel 8:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
  26. 1 Samuel 8:8אֲשֶׁר־
    Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
  27. 1 Samuel 8:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
  28. 1 Samuel 8:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
  29. 1 Samuel 8:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
  30. 1 Samuel 9:5אֲשֶׁר־
    When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
  31. 1 Samuel 9:6אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    “Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
  32. 1 Samuel 9:10אֲשֶׁר־
    “Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
  33. 1 Samuel 9:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר · of whom
    When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
  34. 1 Samuel 9:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that is
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  35. 1 Samuel 9:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁר֙
    And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
  36. 1 Samuel 10:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
  37. 1 Samuel 10:5אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
  38. 1 Samuel 10:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · as the occasion
    When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
  39. 1 Samuel 10:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
  40. 1 Samuel 10:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר · what
    And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
  41. 1 Samuel 10:19אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
  42. 1 Samuel 10:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר · the one
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  43. 1 Samuel 10:26אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
  44. 1 Samuel 11:7אֲשֶׁר֩ · of anyone who
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
  45. 1 Samuel 12:1אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.