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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 29:20אֲשֶׁר־
    So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 29:22אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
  3. Jeremiah 29:23אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which
    For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
  4. Jeremiah 29:25אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
  5. Jeremiah 29:31אֲשֶׁר֩
    “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  6. Jeremiah 29:32אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  7. Jeremiah 30:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  8. Jeremiah 30:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
  9. Jeremiah 30:3אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
  10. Jeremiah 30:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
  11. Jeremiah 30:9אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom
    Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  12. Jeremiah 30:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר · to which
    For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  13. Jeremiah 31:28כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר · Just as
    Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
  14. Jeremiah 31:32אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
  15. Jeremiah 31:33אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  16. Jeremiah 31:37אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
  17. Jeremiah 32:1אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
  18. Jeremiah 32:2אֲשֶׁ֖ר · which was
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  19. Jeremiah 32:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר · For
    For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
  20. Jeremiah 32:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
  21. Jeremiah 32:8אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀
    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
  22. Jeremiah 32:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
  23. Jeremiah 32:19אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    …the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  24. Jeremiah 32:20אֲשֶׁר־
    You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
  25. Jeremiah 32:22אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  26. Jeremiah 32:23אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
  27. Jeremiah 32:24וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · What
    See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
  28. Jeremiah 32:29אֲשֶׁר֩ · of those who
    And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
  29. Jeremiah 32:31אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence
  30. Jeremiah 32:32אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    …because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
  31. Jeremiah 32:34אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
  32. Jeremiah 32:35אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · something
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
  33. Jeremiah 32:36אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · of which
    Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
  34. Jeremiah 32:37אֲשֶׁ֨ר · to which
    I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
  35. Jeremiah 32:40אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
  36. Jeremiah 32:42כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר · Just as; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
  37. Jeremiah 32:43אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ · about which
    And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
  38. Jeremiah 33:5אֲשֶׁר־; וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
    The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
  39. Jeremiah 33:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר; וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר
    And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
  40. Jeremiah 33:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.