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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 Chronicles 6:10כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ · as
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:25אֲשֶׁר־
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר · in which; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:29אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:30אֲשֶׁ֥ר · since
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:31אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    …so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:32אֲ֠שֶׁר · who
    And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:33אֲשֶׁר־ · for which; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:34אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:36אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
  19. 2 Chronicles 6:37אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to which
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  20. 2 Chronicles 6:38אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    …and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  21. 2 Chronicles 6:39אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
  22. 2 Chronicles 7:6אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
  23. 2 Chronicles 7:7אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
  24. 2 Chronicles 7:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
  25. 2 Chronicles 7:14אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who
    …and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  26. 2 Chronicles 7:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  27. 2 Chronicles 7:18כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    …then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
  28. 2 Chronicles 7:19אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  29. 2 Chronicles 7:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
  30. 2 Chronicles 7:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  31. 2 Chronicles 7:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  32. 2 Chronicles 8:1אֲשֶׁ֨ר · during which
    Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
  33. 2 Chronicles 8:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.