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HebrewH0834RelP

אֲשֶׁר

a.sher

4,218Occurrences
H0834Strong's #
RelPPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according when 1a) according to that which, according as 1b) with a causal force: in so far since 1c) with a temporal force: when

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

RelP

Morphology Code

H:RelP

Full Description

H:RelP

Occurrences

אֲשֶׁר appears 4,218 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
397
Jeremiah
358
Genesis
342
Ezk
270
1 Kings
268
Exodus
253
Leviticus
240
Numbers
239

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:12BSB

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

2 Kings 2:15BSB

When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Esther 9:15BSB

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Genesis 47:24BSB

At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”

Joshua 2:7BSB

So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.