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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. Psalm 55:19אֲשֶׁ֤ר · because
    God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
  2. Psalm 56:6כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר · while
    They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
  3. Psalm 58:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
  4. Psalm 64:3אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    …who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
  5. Psalm 66:14אֲשֶׁר־ · [the vows] that
    …the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
  6. Psalm 66:16אֲשֶׁ֖ר · what
    Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
  7. Psalm 66:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
  8. Psalm 69:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
  9. Psalm 69:26אֲשֶׁר־ · the one
    For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
  10. Psalm 71:19אֲשֶׁר־ · You who
    Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
  11. Psalm 71:20אֲשֶׁ֤ר · Though
    Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
  12. Psalm 71:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
  13. Psalm 78:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    …that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
  14. Psalm 78:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.
  15. Psalm 78:5אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
  16. Psalm 78:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
  17. Psalm 78:42אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־
    They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
  18. Psalm 78:43אֲשֶׁר־ · when
    …when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
  19. Psalm 78:68אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
  20. Psalm 79:6אֲשֶׁ֪ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
  21. Psalm 79:12אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
  22. Psalm 80:15אֲשֶׁר־
    …the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
  23. Psalm 83:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    …who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
  24. Psalm 84:3אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
  25. Psalm 86:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
  26. Psalm 88:5אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whom
    I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
  27. Psalm 89:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
  28. Psalm 89:51אֲשֶׁ֤ר · how; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · [and]
    …how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
  29. Psalm 94:12אֲשֶׁר־
    Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
  30. Psalm 95:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · In
    In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
  31. Psalm 95:5אֲשֶׁר־ · is His
    The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
  32. Psalm 95:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    …where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
  33. Psalm 95:11אֲשֶׁר־ · So
    So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
  34. Psalm 96:12אֲשֶׁר־ · that [is]
    Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
  35. Psalm 104:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
  36. Psalm 104:17אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    …where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
  37. Psalm 105:5אֲשֶׁר־
    Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
  38. Psalm 105:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · [the covenant]
    …the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  39. Psalm 105:26אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
  40. Psalm 106:34אֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
  41. Psalm 106:38אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
  42. Psalm 107:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
  43. Psalm 109:11אֲשֶׁר־
    May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
  44. Psalm 109:16אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀
    For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
  45. Psalm 112:8אֲשֶׁר־
    His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
  46. Psalm 115:3אֲשֶׁר־
    Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
  47. Psalm 115:8אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
  48. Psalm 119:38אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר · to produce
    Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.