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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. Job 22:15אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that
    Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
  2. Job 22:16אֲשֶֽׁר־ · They
    They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
  3. Job 27:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר · the ways of
    I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
  4. Job 29:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · when
    …when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
  5. Job 29:25כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as a comforter
    I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
  6. Job 30:1אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
  7. Job 32:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
  8. Job 34:19אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    …who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
  9. Job 34:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר · because
    …because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
  10. Job 36:24אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
  11. Job 36:28אֲשֶֽׁר־ · which
    …which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
  12. Job 37:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
  13. Job 37:17אֲשֶׁר־ · You whose
    You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
  14. Job 38:23אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    …which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
  15. Job 39:6אֲשֶׁר־
    I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
  16. Job 39:30וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and where
    His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
  17. Job 40:15אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
  18. Job 42:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
  19. Job 42:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
  20. Job 42:11אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
  21. Psalm 1:1אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀ · who
    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
  22. Psalm 1:3אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
  23. Psalm 1:4אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־
    Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
  24. Psalm 3:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
  25. Psalm 7:1אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
  26. Psalm 8:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · You
    For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
  27. Psalm 8:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
  28. Psalm 10:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
  29. Psalm 12:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר · They
    They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
  30. Psalm 16:3אֲשֶׁר־
    As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
  31. Psalm 16:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
  32. Psalm 18:1אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
  33. Psalm 24:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀ · who
    He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
  34. Psalm 26:10אֲשֶׁר־ · in whose
    …in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
  35. Psalm 31:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · for
    I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
  36. Psalm 31:19אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
  37. Psalm 33:12אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
  38. Psalm 33:22כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר · as
    May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
  39. Psalm 35:8אֲשֶׁר־
    May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
  40. Psalm 35:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
  41. Psalm 38:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
  42. Psalm 40:4אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
  43. Psalm 41:8וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · from where
    “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
  44. Psalm 41:9אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
  45. Psalm 46:8אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
  46. Psalm 47:4אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
  47. Psalm 48:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · As
    As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
  48. Psalm 51:1כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · after
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  49. Psalm 55:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · We
    We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.