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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 49:9לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and to those
    …to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
  2. Isaiah 49:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר · those who
    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
  3. Isaiah 50:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · with which; אֲשֶׁר־
    This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  4. Isaiah 50:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · Who
    Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  5. Isaiah 51:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
  6. Isaiah 51:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר · you who
    Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
  7. Isaiah 51:23אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
  8. Isaiah 52:14כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · Just as
    Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
  9. Isaiah 52:15אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · what
    …so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
  10. Isaiah 53:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  11. Isaiah 54:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · when
    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  12. Isaiah 55:1וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and you
    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
  13. Isaiah 55:10כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as
    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  14. Isaiah 55:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · what; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · where
    …so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
  15. Isaiah 56:4אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who; בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · what
    For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
  16. Isaiah 56:5אֲשֶׁ֖ר · that
    I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
  17. Isaiah 58:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
  18. Isaiah 58:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  19. Isaiah 59:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · [will not depart]; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
  20. Isaiah 60:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
  21. Isaiah 62:2אֲשֶׁ֛ר · that
    Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
  22. Isaiah 62:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר · for which
    The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
  23. Isaiah 63:7אֲשֶׁר־ · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
  24. Isaiah 64:11אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where
    Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
  25. Isaiah 65:7אֲשֶׁ֤ר · Because
    …both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
  26. Isaiah 65:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · As
    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
  27. Isaiah 65:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
  28. Isaiah 65:12וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · that in which
    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  29. Isaiah 65:16אֲשֶׁ֨ר · Whoever
    Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
  30. Isaiah 65:18אֲשֶׁ֖ר · in what
    But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
  31. Isaiah 65:20אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  32. Isaiah 66:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  33. Isaiah 66:4וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · that in which
    So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  34. Isaiah 66:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
  35. Isaiah 66:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  36. Isaiah 66:20כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as
    And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
  37. Isaiah 66:22כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · which
    “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
  38. Jeremiah 1:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
  39. Jeremiah 1:2אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
  40. Jeremiah 1:7אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
  41. Jeremiah 1:16אֲשֶׁ֣ר · because
    I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.