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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 38:6אֲשֶׁר֙ · which
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  2. Jeremiah 38:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that; אֲשֶׁר־
    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
  3. Jeremiah 38:14אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
  4. Jeremiah 38:16אֲשֶׁר֩ · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
  5. Jeremiah 38:19אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
  6. Jeremiah 38:20לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · in what
    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
  7. Jeremiah 38:21אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
  8. Jeremiah 38:22אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
  9. Jeremiah 38:27אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
  10. Jeremiah 38:28אֲשֶׁר־; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
  11. Jeremiah 39:4כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · When
    When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
  12. Jeremiah 39:9אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
  13. Jeremiah 39:10אֲשֶׁ֤ר · who
    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
  14. Jeremiah 39:12כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ · whatever
    “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
  15. Jeremiah 39:17אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
  16. Jeremiah 40:1אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
  17. Jeremiah 40:3כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · just as
    …and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
  18. Jeremiah 40:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
  19. Jeremiah 40:5אֲשֶׁר֩ · whom
    But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
  20. Jeremiah 40:7אֲשֶׁ֣ר; מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר · [and]
    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
  21. Jeremiah 40:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who; אֲשֶׁר־
    As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
  22. Jeremiah 40:11אֲשֶׁר־; וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר
    When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
  23. Jeremiah 40:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to which
    …they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
  24. Jeremiah 40:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
  25. Jeremiah 41:2אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
  26. Jeremiah 41:3אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
  27. Jeremiah 41:7אֲשֶׁר־
    And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
  28. Jeremiah 41:9אֲשֶׁר֩ · into which; אֲשֶׁ֤ר · was a large one that; אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
  29. Jeremiah 41:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · over whom
    Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
  30. Jeremiah 41:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
  31. Jeremiah 41:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
  32. Jeremiah 41:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
  33. Jeremiah 41:14אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    …and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
  34. Jeremiah 41:16אֲשֶׁר־; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
  35. Jeremiah 41:17אֲשֶׁר־
    And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt