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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 18:31אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom
    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
  2. 1 Kings 18:38אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
  3. 1 Kings 19:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · and how
    Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
  4. 1 Kings 19:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  5. 1 Kings 19:18אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whose; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
  6. 1 Kings 20:4אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
  7. 1 Kings 20:9אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
  8. 1 Kings 20:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  9. 1 Kings 20:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
  10. 1 Kings 20:22אֲשֶֽׁר־ · what
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  11. 1 Kings 20:28אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  12. 1 Kings 20:34אֲשֶׁר־; כַּאֲשֶׁר־ · as
    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
  13. 1 Kings 20:36אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  14. 1 Kings 21:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
  15. 1 Kings 21:4אֲשֶׁר־
    So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
  16. 1 Kings 21:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
  17. 1 Kings 21:11אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who; כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as; כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
  18. 1 Kings 21:15אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
  19. 1 Kings 21:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
  20. 1 Kings 21:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where
    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
  21. 1 Kings 21:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
  22. 1 Kings 21:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
  23. 1 Kings 21:26אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר֙ · whom
    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
  24. 1 Kings 22:13אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
  25. 1 Kings 22:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whatever
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  26. 1 Kings 22:16אֲ֠שֶׁר
    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
  27. 1 Kings 22:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
  28. 1 Kings 22:25אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
  29. 1 Kings 22:31אֲשֶׁר־
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  30. 1 Kings 22:38אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
  31. 1 Kings 22:39אֲשֶׁ֣ר · his accomplishments; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  32. 1 Kings 22:45אֲשֶׁר־ · and how; וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  33. 1 Kings 22:46אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
  34. 1 Kings 22:52אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
  35. 1 Kings 22:53אֲשֶׁר־
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  36. 2 Kings 1:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
  37. 2 Kings 1:4אֲשֶׁר־ · on which
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  38. 2 Kings 1:6אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”