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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 43:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
  2. Genesis 43:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר · the one
    When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  3. Genesis 44:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · his steward; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
  4. Genesis 44:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
  5. Genesis 44:4לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר · his steward
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  6. Genesis 44:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · What
    Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
  7. Genesis 44:8אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
  8. Genesis 44:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · If any
    If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
  9. Genesis 44:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    “As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
  10. Genesis 44:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
  11. Genesis 44:16אֲשֶׁר־ · the one
    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
  12. Genesis 44:17אֲשֶׁר֩ · who
    But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
  13. Genesis 44:34אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
  14. Genesis 45:4אֲשֶׁר־ · the one
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
  15. Genesis 45:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
  16. Genesis 45:10אֲשֶׁר־
    You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
  17. Genesis 45:11אֲשֶׁר־
    And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
  18. Genesis 45:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
  19. Genesis 45:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  20. Genesis 46:1אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
  21. Genesis 46:5אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
  22. Genesis 46:6אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
  23. Genesis 46:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
  24. Genesis 46:18אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
  25. Genesis 46:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  26. Genesis 46:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
  27. Genesis 46:25אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
  28. Genesis 46:27אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
  29. Genesis 46:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
  30. Genesis 46:32אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
  31. Genesis 47:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · they own
    So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
  32. Genesis 47:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
  33. Genesis 47:6אֲשֶׁר־
    …the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
  34. Genesis 47:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  35. Genesis 47:14אֲשֶׁר־
    Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
  36. Genesis 47:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
  37. Genesis 47:24וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
  38. Genesis 48:6אֲשֶׁר־
    Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
  39. Genesis 48:9אֲשֶׁר־
    Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
  40. Genesis 48:15אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom
    Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  41. Genesis 48:22אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
  42. Genesis 49:1אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
  43. Genesis 49:28אֲשֶׁר־ · was what; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · each one
    These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
  44. Genesis 49:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
  45. Genesis 49:30אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.