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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. Nehemiah 2:8אֲשֶׁר־
    And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
  2. Nehemiah 2:10אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
  3. Nehemiah 2:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · on which
    I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
  4. Nehemiah 2:13אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
  5. Nehemiah 2:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
  6. Nehemiah 2:18אֲשֶׁר־ · about; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
  7. Nehemiah 2:19אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
  8. Nehemiah 3:25אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    …and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
  9. Nehemiah 4:1כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · when
    Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
  10. Nehemiah 4:3אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
  11. Nehemiah 4:7כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
  12. Nehemiah 4:11אֲשֶׁר־
    And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
  13. Nehemiah 4:12כַּאֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־
    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
  14. Nehemiah 4:15כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · When
    When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
  15. Nehemiah 4:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
  16. Nehemiah 4:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
  17. Nehemiah 5:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · Some
    Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
  18. Nehemiah 5:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · Others
    Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
  19. Nehemiah 5:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · Still others
    Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
  20. Nehemiah 5:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · When
    When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
  21. Nehemiah 5:9אֲשֶׁר־ · What
    So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
  22. Nehemiah 5:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
  23. Nehemiah 5:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    “We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
  24. Nehemiah 5:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
  25. Nehemiah 5:14אֲשֶׁר־
    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
  26. Nehemiah 5:15אֲשֶׁר־
    The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
  27. Nehemiah 5:17אֲשֶׁר־
    There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
  28. Nehemiah 5:18וַאֲשֶׁר֩
    Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
  29. Nehemiah 5:19אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
  30. Nehemiah 6:1כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
  31. Nehemiah 6:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · while
    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
  32. Nehemiah 6:8אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
  33. Nehemiah 6:11אֲשֶׁר־
    But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
  34. Nehemiah 6:14אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
  35. Nehemiah 6:16כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · When; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · were afraid
    When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
  36. Nehemiah 6:17וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · letters
    Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
  37. Nehemiah 7:1כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · When
    When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
  38. Nehemiah 7:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
  39. Nehemiah 7:63אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
  40. Nehemiah 7:65אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
  41. Nehemiah 7:72וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר
    The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
  42. Nehemiah 8:1אֲשֶׁ֖ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  43. Nehemiah 8:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀
    So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
  44. Nehemiah 8:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
  45. Nehemiah 8:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.