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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. Genesis 38:25אֲשֶׁר־ · by the man to whom
    As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
  2. Genesis 38:30אֲשֶׁ֥ר · with
    Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
  3. Genesis 39:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
  4. Genesis 39:3אֲשֶׁר־
    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
  5. Genesis 39:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
  6. Genesis 39:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
  7. Genesis 39:8אֲשֶׁר־
    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
  8. Genesis 39:9בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · because
    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  9. Genesis 39:17אֲשֶׁר־
    Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
  10. Genesis 39:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
  11. Genesis 39:20אֲשֶׁר־
    So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
  12. Genesis 39:22אֲשֶׁ֖ר; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
  13. Genesis 39:23בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · because; וַֽאֲשֶׁר־ · in whatever
    The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
  14. Genesis 40:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    …and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
  15. Genesis 40:5אֲשֶׁר֙ · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
  16. Genesis 40:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
  17. Genesis 40:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
  18. Genesis 40:14כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ · when
    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
  19. Genesis 40:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
  20. Genesis 41:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
  21. Genesis 41:21כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
  22. Genesis 41:25אֲשֶׁ֧ר · what
    At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
  23. Genesis 41:28אֲשֶׁ֥ר · is just as; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · what
    It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
  24. Genesis 41:36אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
  25. Genesis 41:38אֲשֶׁ֛ר · in whom
    So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
  26. Genesis 41:43אֲשֶׁר־
    He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
  27. Genesis 41:48אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
  28. Genesis 41:50אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  29. Genesis 41:53אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
  30. Genesis 41:54כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    …the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
  31. Genesis 41:55אֲשֶׁר־ · whatever
    When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
  32. Genesis 41:56אֲשֶׁ֤ר · the storehouses
    When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
  33. Genesis 42:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
  34. Genesis 42:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
  35. Genesis 42:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
  36. Genesis 42:38אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to him on your
    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
  37. Genesis 43:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · So when; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
  38. Genesis 43:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · if
    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
  39. Genesis 43:16לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר · to the steward
    When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
  40. Genesis 43:17כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
  41. Genesis 43:19אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
  42. Genesis 43:26אֲשֶׁר־
    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.