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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 15:8אֲשֶׁ֕ר · that
    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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 15:13אֲשֶׁ֧ר · whoever
    And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
  3. 2 Chronicles 15:16אֲשֶׁר־ · because
    King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  4. 2 Chronicles 16:4אֲשֶׁר־
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
  5. 2 Chronicles 16:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
  6. 2 Chronicles 16:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
  7. 2 Chronicles 17:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
  8. 2 Chronicles 17:10אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that
    And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
  9. 2 Chronicles 17:19אֲשֶׁר־ · those
    These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
  10. 2 Chronicles 18:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
  11. 2 Chronicles 18:12אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
  12. 2 Chronicles 18:13אֲשֶׁר־ · whatever
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  13. 2 Chronicles 18:15אֲ֠שֶׁר
    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
  14. 2 Chronicles 18:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
  15. 2 Chronicles 18:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 18:30אֲשֶׁר־
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  17. 2 Chronicles 19:10אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
  18. 2 Chronicles 20:10אֲ֠שֶׁר · whom
    And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
  19. 2 Chronicles 20:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
  20. 2 Chronicles 20:34אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
  21. 2 Chronicles 21:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · 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.
  22. 2 Chronicles 21:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · and since
    Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  23. 2 Chronicles 21:12אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
  24. 2 Chronicles 21:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who
    Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
  25. 2 Chronicles 22:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they 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.
  26. 2 Chronicles 22:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
  27. 2 Chronicles 22:9אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
  28. 2 Chronicles 23:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · just as
    …the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.
  29. 2 Chronicles 23:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · is what
    This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
  30. 2 Chronicles 23:8אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So the Levites and all Judah 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—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.
  31. 2 Chronicles 23:9אֲשֶׁ֖ר; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that
    Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.
  32. 2 Chronicles 23:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
  33. 2 Chronicles 24:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
  34. 2 Chronicles 25:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · As soon as
    As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
  35. 2 Chronicles 25:4אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
  36. 2 Chronicles 25:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
  37. 2 Chronicles 25:10אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.
  38. 2 Chronicles 25:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
  39. 2 Chronicles 25:15אֲשֶׁ֛ר · which
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
  40. 2 Chronicles 25:18אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
  41. 2 Chronicles 25:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
  42. 2 Chronicles 25:27אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
  43. 2 Chronicles 26:4אֲשֶׁר־
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  44. 2 Chronicles 26:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that [belonged]
    And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
  45. 2 Chronicles 27:2אֲשֶׁר־
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.