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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. Genesis 49:30אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁר֩ · This
    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
  2. Genesis 49:32אֲשֶׁר־ · that is
    The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
  3. Genesis 50:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    …my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
  4. Genesis 50:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
  5. Genesis 50:10אֲשֶׁר֙ · which
    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
  6. Genesis 50:11אֲשֶׁ֖ר · the place
    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
  7. Genesis 50:12כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
  8. Genesis 50:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
  9. Genesis 50:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
  10. Genesis 50:24אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  11. Exodus 1:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
  12. Exodus 1:12וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙
    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  13. Exodus 1:14אֲשֶׁר־
    …and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
  14. Exodus 1:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whose
    Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
  15. Exodus 1:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  16. Exodus 2:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
  17. Exodus 3:5אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where
    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  18. Exodus 3:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  19. Exodus 3:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  20. Exodus 3:14אֲשֶׁ֣ר · WHO
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  21. Exodus 3:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  22. Exodus 4:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
  23. Exodus 4:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
  24. Exodus 4:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  25. Exodus 4:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · so
    But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
  26. Exodus 4:18אֲשֶׁר־
    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
  27. Exodus 4:21אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  28. Exodus 4:28אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
  29. Exodus 4:30אֲשֶׁר־
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  30. Exodus 5:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  31. Exodus 5:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  32. Exodus 5:11מֵאֲשֶׁ֖ר · wherever
    Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
  33. Exodus 5:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as you did when
    The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
  34. Exodus 5:14אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  35. Exodus 5:21אֲשֶׁ֧ר · for
    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
  36. Exodus 6:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  37. Exodus 6:4אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
  38. Exodus 6:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
  39. Exodus 6:8אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  40. Exodus 6:26אֲשֶׁ֨ר · to whom
    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
  41. Exodus 6:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
  42. Exodus 7:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  43. Exodus 7:6כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · just as
    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
  44. Exodus 7:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
  45. Exodus 7:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · just as
    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  46. Exodus 7:15אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
  47. Exodus 7:17אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.