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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 41:18אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    …to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
  2. Jeremiah 42:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
  3. Jeremiah 42:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
  4. Jeremiah 42:4אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
  5. Jeremiah 42:5אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
  6. Jeremiah 42:6אֲשֶׁ֨ר · to whom; אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  7. Jeremiah 42:8אֲשֶׁ֣ר · who
    …and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
  8. Jeremiah 42:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · whom
    Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
  9. Jeremiah 42:10אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  10. Jeremiah 42:11אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
  11. Jeremiah 42:14אֲשֶׁ֤ר · where
    …and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
  12. Jeremiah 42:16אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר־
    …then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
  13. Jeremiah 42:17אֲשֶׁר־ · who; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
  14. Jeremiah 42:18כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · Just as
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  15. Jeremiah 42:20אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
  16. Jeremiah 42:21אֲשֶׁר־
    For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
  17. Jeremiah 42:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
  18. Jeremiah 43:1אֲשֶׁ֧ר
    When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
  19. Jeremiah 43:5אֲשֶׁר־ · those who; אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to which
    Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,
  20. Jeremiah 43:6אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whom
    …the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
  21. Jeremiah 43:9אֲשֶׁ֛ר
    “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
  22. Jeremiah 43:10אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
  23. Jeremiah 43:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר · to those; וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · to those; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · to those
    He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
  24. Jeremiah 43:12כַּאֲשֶׁר־ · as
    I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
  25. Jeremiah 43:13אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
  26. Jeremiah 44:1אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
  27. Jeremiah 44:2אֲשֶׁ֤ר · that
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  28. Jeremiah 44:3אֲשֶׁ֤ר; אֲשֶׁר֙
    …because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
  29. Jeremiah 44:4אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
  30. Jeremiah 44:8אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
  31. Jeremiah 44:9אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  32. Jeremiah 44:10אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
  33. Jeremiah 44:12אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
  34. Jeremiah 44:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
  35. Jeremiah 44:14אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    …so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
  36. Jeremiah 44:16אֲשֶׁר־
    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
  37. Jeremiah 44:17אֲשֶׁר־; כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר · just as
    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
  38. Jeremiah 44:21אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
  39. Jeremiah 44:22אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
  40. Jeremiah 44:23אֲשֶׁ֨ר; וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר
    Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”