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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 8:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that [was]
    When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
  2. 2 Kings 8:12אֲשֶׁר־
    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
  3. 2 Kings 8:18כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · just as
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  4. 2 Kings 8:19כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · since
    Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  5. 2 Kings 8:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר · his accomplishments
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  6. 2 Kings 8:29אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  7. 2 Kings 9:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
  8. 2 Kings 9:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
  9. 2 Kings 9:36אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
  10. 2 Kings 9:37אֲשֶׁ֥ר · so that
    And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
  11. 2 Kings 10:5אֲשֶׁר־ · administrator; וַאֲשֶׁ֪ר · the overseer; אֲשֶׁר־
    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
  12. 2 Kings 10:10אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  13. 2 Kings 10:15כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
  14. 2 Kings 10:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  15. 2 Kings 10:19אֲשֶׁר־
    Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
  16. 2 Kings 10:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
  17. 2 Kings 10:22לַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · to the keeper
    And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
  18. 2 Kings 10:24אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
  19. 2 Kings 10:29אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
  20. 2 Kings 10:30אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  21. 2 Kings 10:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
  22. 2 Kings 10:33אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
  23. 2 Kings 10:34אֲשֶׁ֥ר · his accomplishments
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  24. 2 Kings 10:36אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
  25. 2 Kings 11:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what
    …and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
  26. 2 Kings 11:9אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
  27. 2 Kings 11:10אֲשֶׁ֖ר · from; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
  28. 2 Kings 12:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
  29. 2 Kings 12:4אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
  30. 2 Kings 12:5אֲשֶׁר־
    Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
  31. 2 Kings 12:12אֲשֶׁר־
    …masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
  32. 2 Kings 12:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
  33. 2 Kings 12:18אֲשֶׁר־
    So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
  34. 2 Kings 12:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר · his accomplishments
    As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  35. 2 Kings 13:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  36. 2 Kings 13:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
  37. 2 Kings 13:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · his accomplishments
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  38. 2 Kings 13:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
  39. 2 Kings 13:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · his accomplishments; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  40. 2 Kings 13:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר · from which
    When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”