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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.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,502 total
  1. Genesis 1:7אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
  2. Genesis 1:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
  3. Genesis 1:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  4. Genesis 1:21אֲשֶׁר֩ · [with] which
    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  5. Genesis 1:29אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁר־ · whose
    Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
  6. Genesis 1:30אֲשֶׁר־ · everything that has
    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
  7. Genesis 1:31אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
  8. Genesis 2:2אֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
  9. Genesis 2:3אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
  10. Genesis 2:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
  11. Genesis 2:11אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
  12. Genesis 2:19אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  13. Genesis 2:22אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
  14. Genesis 3:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
  15. Genesis 3:3אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    …but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
  16. Genesis 3:11אֲשֶׁ֧ר · of which
    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  17. Genesis 3:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · whom
    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  18. Genesis 3:17אֲשֶׁ֤ר · of which
    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  19. Genesis 3:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר · from which
    Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
  20. Genesis 4:11אֲשֶׁ֣ר · which
    Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  21. Genesis 5:5אֲשֶׁר־
    So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
  22. Genesis 5:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  23. Genesis 6:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whomever
    …the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
  24. Genesis 6:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר · when; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  25. Genesis 6:7אֲשֶׁר־ · whom
    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  26. Genesis 6:15אֲשֶׁ֥ר · is how
    And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
  27. Genesis 6:17אֲשֶׁר־ · that has; אֲשֶׁר־
    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  28. Genesis 6:21אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that
    You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  29. Genesis 6:22אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
  30. Genesis 7:2אֲ֠שֶׁר · [every kind of]
    You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
  31. Genesis 7:4אֲשֶׁ֣ר
    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  32. Genesis 7:5אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
  33. Genesis 7:8אֲשֶׁ֥ר; אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
  34. Genesis 7:9כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    …came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
  35. Genesis 7:15אֲשֶׁר־ · with
    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
  36. Genesis 7:16כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
  37. Genesis 7:19אֲשֶׁר־
    Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
  38. Genesis 7:22אֲשֶׁר֩ · that had; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that [was]
    Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
  39. Genesis 7:23אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀; וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and those
    And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  40. Genesis 8:1אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  41. Genesis 8:6אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
  42. Genesis 8:17אֲשֶֽׁר־ · that
    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”