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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 32:23אֲשֶׁר־ · along with all his possessions
    He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
  2. Genesis 32:31כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
  3. Genesis 32:32אֲשֶׁר֙ · attached
    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
  4. Genesis 33:5אֲשֶׁר־
    When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
  5. Genesis 33:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
  6. Genesis 33:9אֲשֶׁר־ · what belongs
    “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
  7. Genesis 33:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
  8. Genesis 33:14אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
  9. Genesis 33:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר · my
    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
  10. Genesis 33:18אֲשֶׁר֙
    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
  11. Genesis 33:19אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where
    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  12. Genesis 34:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
  13. Genesis 34:11וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · you whatever
    Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
  14. Genesis 34:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · whatever
    Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
  15. Genesis 34:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · But because
    But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
  16. Genesis 34:14אֲשֶׁר־
    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
  17. Genesis 34:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
  18. Genesis 34:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר · because
    Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
  19. Genesis 34:28אֲשֶׁר־ · and everything else; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
  20. Genesis 34:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
  21. Genesis 35:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
  22. Genesis 35:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
  23. Genesis 35:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · their; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
  24. Genesis 35:5אֲשֶׁר֙
    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
  25. Genesis 35:6אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁר־
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  26. Genesis 35:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
  27. Genesis 35:13אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
  28. Genesis 35:14אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
  29. Genesis 35:15אֲשֶׁר֩ · where
    Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
  30. Genesis 35:26אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
  31. Genesis 35:27אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
  32. Genesis 36:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    …and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  33. Genesis 36:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
  34. Genesis 36:24אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
  35. Genesis 36:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
  36. Genesis 37:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
  37. Genesis 37:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
  38. Genesis 37:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
  39. Genesis 37:23כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · when; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
  40. Genesis 38:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · What
    What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
  41. Genesis 38:14אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
  42. Genesis 38:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.