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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 119:39אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
  2. Psalm 119:47אֲשֶׁ֣ר · because
    I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
  3. Psalm 119:48אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
  4. Psalm 119:49אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
  5. Psalm 119:63אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
  6. Psalm 119:85אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר
    The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
  7. Psalm 119:158אֲשֶׁ֥ר · because
    I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
  8. Psalm 127:5אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whose
    Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
  9. Psalm 132:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · how
    …how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
  10. Psalm 135:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
  11. Psalm 135:18אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
  12. Psalm 139:15אֲשֶׁר־ · when
    My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
  13. Psalm 139:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    …who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
  14. Psalm 140:2אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    …who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
  15. Psalm 140:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
  16. Psalm 144:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whose
    …whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
  17. Psalm 144:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whose
    Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
  18. Psalm 144:12אֲשֶׁ֤ר · Then
    Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  19. Psalm 145:18אֲשֶׁ֖ר · who
    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  20. Psalm 146:6אֲשֶׁר־
    …the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
  21. Psalm 147:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
  22. Psalm 148:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀
    Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
  23. Proverbs 2:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whose
    …whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
  24. Proverbs 3:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · the one
    …for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
  25. Proverbs 6:7אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
  26. Proverbs 17:8אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
  27. Proverbs 21:1אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
  28. Proverbs 22:28אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
  29. Proverbs 23:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
  30. Proverbs 24:29כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as
    Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
  31. Proverbs 25:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
  32. Proverbs 25:7אֲשֶׁ֖ר · Even what
    …for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
  33. Proverbs 25:28אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
  34. Proverbs 31:1אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ · that
    These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
  35. Ecclesiastes 1:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
  36. Ecclesiastes 1:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
  37. Ecclesiastes 1:16אֲשֶׁר־ · those
    I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
  38. Ecclesiastes 2:3אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
  39. Ecclesiastes 2:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
  40. Ecclesiastes 2:12אֲשֶׁר־ · do
    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
  41. Ecclesiastes 3:9בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
    What does the worker gain from his toil?
  42. Ecclesiastes 3:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
  43. Ecclesiastes 3:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  44. Ecclesiastes 3:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
  45. Ecclesiastes 3:15וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and what
    What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
  46. Ecclesiastes 3:22מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר · than
    I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
  47. Ecclesiastes 4:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
  48. Ecclesiastes 4:2אֲשֶׁ֛ר · who
    So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.