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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 12:6אֲשֶׁ֤ר · is the One who; וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר · and who
    Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:7אֲשֶׁר־
    Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
  3. 1 Samuel 12:8כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · When
    When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
  4. 1 Samuel 12:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר · the one; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
  5. 1 Samuel 12:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
  6. 1 Samuel 12:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
  7. 1 Samuel 12:17אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  8. 1 Samuel 12:21אֲשֶׁ֧ר · things that
    Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
  9. 1 Samuel 12:24אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
  10. 1 Samuel 13:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
  11. 1 Samuel 13:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  12. 1 Samuel 13:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · by
    And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
  13. 1 Samuel 13:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
  14. 1 Samuel 13:14אֲשֶֽׁר־
    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
  15. 1 Samuel 13:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
  16. 1 Samuel 14:1אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
  17. 1 Samuel 14:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who [were]
    Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
  18. 1 Samuel 14:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that is
    His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
  20. 1 Samuel 14:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in which
    So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
  21. 1 Samuel 14:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
  22. 1 Samuel 14:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who [were]
    Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
  23. 1 Samuel 14:19אֲשֶׁר֙
    While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
  24. 1 Samuel 14:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
  25. 1 Samuel 14:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who had; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
  26. 1 Samuel 14:24אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
  27. 1 Samuel 14:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
  28. 1 Samuel 14:28אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
  29. 1 Samuel 14:30אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
  30. 1 Samuel 14:43אֲשֶׁר־ · that [was]
    “Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
  31. 1 Samuel 14:45אֲשֶׁ֣ר · he who
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  32. 1 Samuel 14:47אֲשֶׁר־
    After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
  33. 1 Samuel 15:2אֲשֶׁר־ · what; אֲשֶׁר־ · when
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  34. 1 Samuel 15:3אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
  35. 1 Samuel 15:7אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which is
    Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  36. 1 Samuel 15:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
  37. 1 Samuel 15:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
  38. 1 Samuel 15:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what
    “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  39. 1 Samuel 15:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  40. 1 Samuel 15:33כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · As
    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  41. 1 Samuel 16:3אֲשֶֽׁר־ · what; אֲשֶׁר־ · the one
    Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
  42. 1 Samuel 16:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
  43. 1 Samuel 16:7אֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”