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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. Jeremiah 25:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
  2. Jeremiah 25:13אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
  3. Jeremiah 25:15אֲשֶׁ֧ר · to whom
    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  4. Jeremiah 25:16אֲשֶׁ֛ר · that
    And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
  5. Jeremiah 25:17אֲשֶׁר־
    So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
  6. Jeremiah 25:22אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    …all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
  7. Jeremiah 25:26אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    …all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
  8. Jeremiah 25:27אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
  9. Jeremiah 25:29אֲשֶׁ֧ר · that
    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
  10. Jeremiah 26:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
  11. Jeremiah 26:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
  12. Jeremiah 26:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · which
    And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
  13. Jeremiah 26:5אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    …and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
  14. Jeremiah 26:8אֲשֶׁר־
    …and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
  15. Jeremiah 26:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
  16. Jeremiah 26:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
  17. Jeremiah 26:13אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  18. Jeremiah 26:19אֲשֶׁר־
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  19. Jeremiah 27:5אֲשֶׁר֙; לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר · to whom
    By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
  20. Jeremiah 27:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  21. Jeremiah 27:9אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
  22. Jeremiah 27:11אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
  23. Jeremiah 27:13כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · as; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
  24. Jeremiah 27:20אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    …which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
  25. Jeremiah 28:1אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
  26. Jeremiah 28:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
  27. Jeremiah 28:6אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
  28. Jeremiah 28:7אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
  29. Jeremiah 28:8אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
  30. Jeremiah 28:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”
  31. Jeremiah 29:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  32. Jeremiah 29:3אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whom
    The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
  33. Jeremiah 29:4אֲשֶׁר־
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
  34. Jeremiah 29:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר · to which
    Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
  35. Jeremiah 29:8אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
  36. Jeremiah 29:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
  37. Jeremiah 29:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר · to which; אֲשֶׁר־ · from which
    I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  38. Jeremiah 29:16אֲשֶׁ֛ר · who
    …this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
  39. Jeremiah 29:17אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
  40. Jeremiah 29:18אֲשֶׁר־ · to which
    I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
  41. Jeremiah 29:19אֲשֶֽׁר־; אֲשֶׁר֩ · which
    I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”