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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 31:9אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
  2. Isaiah 33:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
  3. Isaiah 36:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
  4. Isaiah 36:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · of yours
    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
  5. Isaiah 36:6אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  6. Isaiah 36:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · the One
    But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
  7. Isaiah 36:11אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
  8. Isaiah 36:20אֲשֶׁר־
    Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
  9. Isaiah 36:22אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
  10. Isaiah 37:2אֲשֶׁר־
    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
  11. Isaiah 37:4אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  12. Isaiah 37:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר · with which; אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    …who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
  13. Isaiah 37:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · in whom
    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  14. Isaiah 37:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what
    Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
  15. Isaiah 37:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  16. Isaiah 37:17אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  17. Isaiah 37:21אֲשֶׁר֙ · Because
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  18. Isaiah 37:22אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  19. Isaiah 37:29אֲשֶׁר־
    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
  20. Isaiah 37:34אֲשֶׁר־
    He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
  21. Isaiah 38:3אֲשֶׁ֧ר · how
    …saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  22. Isaiah 38:7אֲשֶׁר֙ · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
  23. Isaiah 38:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
  24. Isaiah 39:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲ֠שֶׁר · that
    And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  25. Isaiah 39:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  26. Isaiah 39:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר · and all that; וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  27. Isaiah 39:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
  28. Isaiah 39:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
  29. Isaiah 41:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
  30. Isaiah 41:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר · you from
    I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
  31. Isaiah 41:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
  32. Isaiah 43:4מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר · Because
    Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
  33. Isaiah 43:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
  34. Isaiah 44:7וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and what
    Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
  35. Isaiah 45:1אֲשֶׁר־
    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
  36. Isaiah 46:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
  37. Isaiah 47:12בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · with which
    So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
  38. Isaiah 47:13מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר · your fate
    You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
  39. Isaiah 47:15אֲשֶׁ֣ר · those with whom
    This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
  40. Isaiah 49:3אֲשֶׁר־ · in whom
    He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
  41. Isaiah 49:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”