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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 Kings 8:53כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
  2. 1 Kings 8:56אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
  3. 1 Kings 8:57כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.
  4. 1 Kings 8:58אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
  5. 1 Kings 8:59אֲשֶׁ֤ר · with which
    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
  6. 1 Kings 8:63אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
  7. 1 Kings 8:64אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
  8. 1 Kings 8:66אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  9. 1 Kings 9:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
  10. 1 Kings 9:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    …the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  11. 1 Kings 9:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  12. 1 Kings 9:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  13. 1 Kings 9:5כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    …then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  14. 1 Kings 9:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  15. 1 Kings 9:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
  16. 1 Kings 9:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  17. 1 Kings 9:10אֲשֶׁר־ · during which
    Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
  18. 1 Kings 9:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
  19. 1 Kings 9:13אֲשֶׁר־
    “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.
  20. 1 Kings 9:15אֲשֶֽׁר־ · that
    This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
  21. 1 Kings 9:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whatever
    …as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  22. 1 Kings 9:20אֲשֶׁ֛ר · the people who
    As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
  23. 1 Kings 9:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · those whom
    …their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
  24. 1 Kings 9:23אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
  25. 1 Kings 9:24אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
  26. 1 Kings 9:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
  27. 1 Kings 9:26אֲשֶׁ֧ר · which
    King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
  28. 1 Kings 10:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
  29. 1 Kings 10:3אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
  30. 1 Kings 10:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
  31. 1 Kings 10:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
  32. 1 Kings 10:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  33. 1 Kings 10:7אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  34. 1 Kings 10:9אֲשֶׁר֙ · who
    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
  35. 1 Kings 10:10אֲשֶׁר־ · as those
    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
  36. 1 Kings 10:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
  37. 1 Kings 10:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whatever; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
  38. 1 Kings 10:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,