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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 Kings 1:6אֲשֶׁר־ · on which
    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.’”
  2. 2 Kings 1:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
  3. 2 Kings 1:16אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־ · on which
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers 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.”
  4. 2 Kings 1:17אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
  5. 2 Kings 1:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · along with his accomplishments
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  6. 2 Kings 2:3אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  7. 2 Kings 2:5אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  8. 2 Kings 2:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
  9. 2 Kings 2:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  10. 2 Kings 2:15אֲשֶׁר־ · who [were]
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  11. 2 Kings 2:19כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
  12. 2 Kings 2:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
  13. 2 Kings 3:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  14. 2 Kings 3:3אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  15. 2 Kings 3:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · or for their
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
  16. 2 Kings 3:11אֲשֶׁר־ · [He]
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  17. 2 Kings 3:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  18. 2 Kings 3:27אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
  19. 2 Kings 4:17אֲשֶׁר־ · just as
    But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  20. 2 Kings 5:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
  21. 2 Kings 5:4אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
  22. 2 Kings 5:16אֲשֶׁר־
    But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
  23. 2 Kings 5:20אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  24. 2 Kings 5:26כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · when
    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
  25. 2 Kings 6:1אֲשֶׁ֨ר · where
    Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
  26. 2 Kings 6:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
  27. 2 Kings 6:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  28. 2 Kings 6:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · those who [are]; מֵאֲשֶׁ֖ר · than those who [are]
    “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
  29. 2 Kings 6:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
  30. 2 Kings 6:22הַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · those
    “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
  31. 2 Kings 7:2אֲשֶׁר־
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  32. 2 Kings 7:7כַּאֲשֶׁר־
    Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
  33. 2 Kings 7:10כַּאֲשֶׁר־
    So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
  34. 2 Kings 7:12אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  35. 2 Kings 7:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־ · here
    But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
  36. 2 Kings 7:15אֲשֶׁר־
    And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
  37. 2 Kings 7:17אֲשֶׁר־ · whose; כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · just as; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
  38. 2 Kings 8:1אֲשֶׁר־ · whose; בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · wherever
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  39. 2 Kings 8:4אֲשֶׁר־
    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
  40. 2 Kings 8:5אֲשֶׁר־ · how; אֲשֶׁר־ · whose; אֲשֶׁר־
    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”