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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 25:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:7אֲשֶׁר־
    Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whatever
    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
  4. 1 Samuel 25:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁר֙
    Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
  5. 1 Samuel 25:21אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
  6. 1 Samuel 25:22אֲשֶׁר־ · male
    May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
  7. 1 Samuel 25:25אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  8. 1 Samuel 25:26אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
  9. 1 Samuel 25:27אֲשֶׁר־
    Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
  10. 1 Samuel 25:30אֲשֶׁר־
    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
  11. 1 Samuel 25:32אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who
    Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
  12. 1 Samuel 25:33אֲשֶׁ֨ר · because
    Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
  13. 1 Samuel 25:34אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
  14. 1 Samuel 25:35אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  15. 1 Samuel 25:39אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  16. 1 Samuel 25:44אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who [was]
    But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
  17. 1 Samuel 26:3אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  18. 1 Samuel 26:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  19. 1 Samuel 26:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
  20. 1 Samuel 26:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֧ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
  21. 1 Samuel 26:20כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · like
    So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
  22. 1 Samuel 26:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  23. 1 Samuel 26:23אֲשֶׁר֩ · For
    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  24. 1 Samuel 26:24כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
  25. 1 Samuel 27:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
  26. 1 Samuel 27:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
  27. 1 Samuel 27:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  28. 1 Samuel 27:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  29. 1 Samuel 28:2אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  30. 1 Samuel 28:8אֲשֶׁר־ · the one
    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
  31. 1 Samuel 28:9אֲשֶׁר־ · what; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · how
    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
  32. 1 Samuel 28:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · exactly what
    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
  33. 1 Samuel 28:18כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · Because
    Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
  34. 1 Samuel 28:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  35. 1 Samuel 29:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
  36. 1 Samuel 29:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · He
    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
  37. 1 Samuel 29:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  38. 1 Samuel 29:5אֲשֶׁ֧ר · about whom
    Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  39. 1 Samuel 29:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  40. 1 Samuel 29:10אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
  41. 1 Samuel 30:2אֲשֶׁר־ · who were
    They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
  42. 1 Samuel 30:4אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  43. 1 Samuel 30:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind