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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. 2 Samuel 16:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who are
    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
  2. 2 Samuel 16:23אֲשֶׁ֤ר · was like; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
  3. 2 Samuel 17:2אֲשֶׁר־
    I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
  4. 2 Samuel 17:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
  5. 2 Samuel 17:7אֲשֶׁר־
    Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
  6. 2 Samuel 17:9אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who
    Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
  7. 2 Samuel 17:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
  8. 2 Samuel 17:11אֲשֶׁר־
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  9. 2 Samuel 17:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר; כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · like; אֲשֶׁר־
    Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
  10. 2 Samuel 17:13אֲשֶֽׁר־
    If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
  11. 2 Samuel 17:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
  12. 2 Samuel 17:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
  13. 2 Samuel 17:25אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
  14. 2 Samuel 17:29אֲשֶׁר־
    …honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
  15. 2 Samuel 18:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
  16. 2 Samuel 18:4אֲשֶׁר־ · whatever
    “I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
  17. 2 Samuel 18:8מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר · than
    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
  18. 2 Samuel 18:9אֲשֶׁר־
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
  19. 2 Samuel 18:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  20. 2 Samuel 18:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
  21. 2 Samuel 18:28אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
  22. 2 Samuel 18:32אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
  23. 2 Samuel 19:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
  24. 2 Samuel 19:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  25. 2 Samuel 19:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · the man
    But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
  26. 2 Samuel 19:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
  27. 2 Samuel 19:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  28. 2 Samuel 19:24אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  29. 2 Samuel 19:30אֲשֶׁר־
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
  30. 2 Samuel 19:35אֲשֶׁ֤ר · what; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
  31. 2 Samuel 19:37אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
  32. 2 Samuel 19:38אֲשֶׁר־
    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
  33. 2 Samuel 20:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  34. 2 Samuel 20:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
  35. 2 Samuel 20:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
  36. 2 Samuel 20:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
  37. 2 Samuel 20:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
  38. 2 Samuel 20:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
  39. 2 Samuel 20:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · As soon as
    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
  40. 2 Samuel 20:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,