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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 8:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    …as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  3. 2 Chronicles 8:7אֲשֶׁ֛ר · these people
    As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
  4. 2 Chronicles 8:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · those whom
    …their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
  5. 2 Chronicles 8:9אֲ֠שֶׁר
    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  6. 2 Chronicles 8:10אֲשֶׁר־
    They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
  7. 2 Chronicles 8:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 8:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
  9. 2 Chronicles 9:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
  10. 2 Chronicles 9:2אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
  11. 2 Chronicles 9:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
  12. 2 Chronicles 9:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
  13. 2 Chronicles 9:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  14. 2 Chronicles 9:6אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
  15. 2 Chronicles 9:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · who
    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 9:9אֲשֶׁר־ · as those
    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
  17. 2 Chronicles 9:10אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
  18. 2 Chronicles 9:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whatever; אֲשֶׁר־
    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
  19. 2 Chronicles 9:13אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
  20. 2 Chronicles 9:23אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  21. 2 Chronicles 9:27אֲשֶׁר־
    The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  22. 2 Chronicles 10:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
  23. 2 Chronicles 10:4אֲשֶׁר־
    “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
  24. 2 Chronicles 10:6אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  25. 2 Chronicles 10:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
  26. 2 Chronicles 10:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
  27. 2 Chronicles 10:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  28. 2 Chronicles 10:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · since
    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
  29. 2 Chronicles 10:15אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  30. 2 Chronicles 10:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
  31. 2 Chronicles 11:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
  32. 2 Chronicles 11:13אֲשֶׁ֖ר · from
    Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
  33. 2 Chronicles 11:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
  34. 2 Chronicles 12:3אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    …with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
  35. 2 Chronicles 12:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
  36. 2 Chronicles 12:5אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
  37. 2 Chronicles 12:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
  38. 2 Chronicles 12:13אֲשֶׁר־
    Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
  39. 2 Chronicles 13:4אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
  40. 2 Chronicles 13:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
  41. 2 Chronicles 14:13אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
  42. 2 Chronicles 15:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.