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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 17:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
  2. 2 Kings 17:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
  3. 2 Kings 17:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
  4. 2 Kings 17:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
  5. 2 Kings 17:23אֲשֶׁר־; כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  6. 2 Kings 17:26אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ · Because of this
    So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
  7. 2 Kings 17:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
  8. 2 Kings 17:28אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
  9. 2 Kings 17:29אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֛ר · where
    Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
  10. 2 Kings 17:33אֲשֶׁר־ · from which
    They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
  11. 2 Kings 17:34אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  12. 2 Kings 17:36אֲשֶׁר֩ · who
    Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
  13. 2 Kings 17:37אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
  14. 2 Kings 17:38אֲשֶׁר־
    Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
  15. 2 Kings 17:41כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
  16. 2 Kings 18:3אֲשֶׁר־
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
  17. 2 Kings 18:4אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
  18. 2 Kings 18:5וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
  19. 2 Kings 18:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
  20. 2 Kings 18:7אֲשֶׁר־
    And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
  21. 2 Kings 18:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
  22. 2 Kings 18:14אֲשֶׁר־ · whatever
    So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
  23. 2 Kings 18:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
  24. 2 Kings 18:17אֲשֶׁ֕ר
    Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  25. 2 Kings 18:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
  26. 2 Kings 18:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר · of yours
    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
  27. 2 Kings 18:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  28. 2 Kings 18:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר · the One
    But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
  29. 2 Kings 18:26אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
  30. 2 Kings 18:35אֲשֶׁר־
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  31. 2 Kings 18:37אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
  32. 2 Kings 19:2אֲשֶׁר־
    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
  33. 2 Kings 19:4אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  34. 2 Kings 19:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · with which
    …who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
  35. 2 Kings 19:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in whom
    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  36. 2 Kings 19:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what
    Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
  37. 2 Kings 19:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  38. 2 Kings 19:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  39. 2 Kings 19:20אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.