אֲשֶׁר asher

Hebrew word for “which” · Strong’s H834 · used 5,499 times in 4,438 verses

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Meaning

A: 1) (relative part.);

Senses in the lexicon

• which (4,952)
• as which (511)
• in which (19)
• whence (17)

How it is translated

Glosses given for asher in context, with how often each is used:

• which 2,810
• who 708
• that 635
• just as 444
• whom 312
• where 236
• one who 73
• when 66
• those who 52
• just when 43
• one whom 29
• those whom 27

Where it is used

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (38), Deuteronomy 28 (37), Deuteronomy 4 (30), 2 Chronicles 6 (24), 2 Kings 17 (23), Deuteronomy 1 (22), Deuteronomy 11 (22), Deuteronomy 12 (22), Genesis 24 (21), 2 Kings 23 (21)

Forms

• אשׁר 4,806
• כאשׁר 495
• ואשׁר 107
• לאשׁר 23
• ולאשׁר 15
• וכאשׁר 15
• באשׁר 15
• מאשׁר 15
• ובאשׁר 4
• ומאשׁר 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with asher more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּבָר davar “word” 467
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 330
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 386
• זֶה zeh “this” 374
• אָב av “father” 374
• שָׁם sham “there” 318
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 383
• הֶם hem “them” 339
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 331
• אֵת et “with” 298
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 273
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 296

Key verses

The verses using asher that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Isaiah 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
• Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…
• Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.