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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. Genesis 27:40כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · But when
    You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
  2. Genesis 27:41אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
  3. Genesis 27:44אֲשֶׁר־
    Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
  4. Genesis 27:45אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    …until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
  5. Genesis 28:4אֲשֶׁר־ · the land
    And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
  6. Genesis 28:13אֲשֶׁ֤ר · on which
    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
  7. Genesis 28:15אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  8. Genesis 28:18אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
  9. Genesis 28:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
  10. Genesis 28:22אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
  11. Genesis 29:8אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
  12. Genesis 29:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
  13. Genesis 29:10כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · As soon as
    As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
  14. Genesis 29:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
  15. Genesis 30:2אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
  16. Genesis 30:18אֲשֶׁר־ · for
    Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
  17. Genesis 30:25כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · after
    Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
  18. Genesis 30:26אֲשֶׁ֨ר · for whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · how
    Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
  19. Genesis 30:29אֲשֶׁ֣ר · how; אֲשֶׁר־ · how
    Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
  20. Genesis 30:30אֲשֶׁר־
    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
  21. Genesis 30:33אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
  22. Genesis 30:35אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
  23. Genesis 30:37אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
  24. Genesis 30:38אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר֩
    Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
  25. Genesis 31:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that [belonged to]; וּמֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר · at
    Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
  26. Genesis 31:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
  27. Genesis 31:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
  28. Genesis 31:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
  29. Genesis 31:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
  30. Genesis 31:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
  31. Genesis 31:21אֲשֶׁר־ · his possessions
    So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
  32. Genesis 31:32אֲשֶׁ֨ר · anyone here
    If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
  33. Genesis 31:43אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
  34. Genesis 31:49אֲשֶׁ֣ר · because
    It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
  35. Genesis 31:51אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
  36. Genesis 32:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
  37. Genesis 32:7אֲשֶׁר־
    In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
  38. Genesis 32:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  39. Genesis 32:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”