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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. Esther 2:20כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
  2. Esther 3:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
  3. Esther 3:2אֲשֶׁר־
    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
  4. Esther 3:3אֲשֶׁר־
    Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
  5. Esther 3:4אֲשֶׁר־ · them
    Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
  6. Esther 3:6אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
  7. Esther 3:12אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀
    On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
  8. Esther 4:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
  9. Esther 4:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
  10. Esther 4:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
  11. Esther 4:6אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
  12. Esther 4:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    …and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
  13. Esther 4:8אֲשֶׁר־
    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
  14. Esther 4:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · without; מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
  15. Esther 4:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · even though; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · And if
    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
  16. Esther 4:17אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
  17. Esther 5:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
  18. Esther 5:4אֲשֶׁר־
    “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
  19. Esther 5:5אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
  20. Esther 5:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
  21. Esther 5:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
  22. Esther 5:12אֲשֶׁר־
    “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
  23. Esther 5:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר · as
    Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
  24. Esther 6:2אֲשֶׁר֩ · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · when
    And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
  25. Esther 6:4אֲשֶׁר־
    “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
  26. Esther 6:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
  27. Esther 6:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
  28. Esther 6:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · on which; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · one with
    …have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
  29. Esther 6:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
  30. Esther 6:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
  31. Esther 6:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
  32. Esther 6:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom
    Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
  33. Esther 6:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
  34. Esther 7:5אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
  35. Esther 7:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
  36. Esther 7:9אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֧ר · who
    Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.