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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. Isaiah 11:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  2. Isaiah 11:16אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as
    There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
  3. Isaiah 13:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
  4. Isaiah 13:17אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
  5. Isaiah 14:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר · into which
    On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
  6. Isaiah 14:24כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · as; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
  7. Isaiah 16:13אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
  8. Isaiah 17:8וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
  9. Isaiah 17:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
  10. Isaiah 18:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
  11. Isaiah 18:2אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    …which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
  12. Isaiah 18:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whose
    At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
  13. Isaiah 19:15אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
  14. Isaiah 19:16אֲשֶׁר־ · it
    In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
  15. Isaiah 19:17אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.
  16. Isaiah 19:25אֲשֶׁ֧ר · them
    The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  17. Isaiah 20:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · Just as
    Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
  18. Isaiah 20:6אֲשֶׁר־ · those to whom
    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
  19. Isaiah 21:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
  20. Isaiah 21:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
  21. Isaiah 22:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
  22. Isaiah 22:25אֲשֶׁר־
    In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
  23. Isaiah 23:5כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ · When
    When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
  24. Isaiah 23:8אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whose
    Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
  25. Isaiah 24:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
    …people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
  26. Isaiah 25:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.
  27. Isaiah 26:9כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · when
    My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  28. Isaiah 27:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
  29. Isaiah 28:1אֲשֶׁ֛ר · set
    Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
  30. Isaiah 28:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · [set]; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
  31. Isaiah 28:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · to whom
    …to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
  32. Isaiah 28:14אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
  33. Isaiah 29:8כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · as when; וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר · as when
    …as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
  34. Isaiah 29:11אֲשֶֽׁר־ · If it
    And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
  35. Isaiah 29:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר · one
    Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
  36. Isaiah 29:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
  37. Isaiah 30:10אֲשֶׁ֨ר · They
    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
  38. Isaiah 30:13אֲשֶׁר־
    …this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
  39. Isaiah 30:23אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
  40. Isaiah 30:24אֲשֶׁר־
    The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
  41. Isaiah 30:32אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
  42. Isaiah 31:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · Like; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · and though
    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
  43. Isaiah 31:6לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר · to the One
    Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
  44. Isaiah 31:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.