ʼăsher — H834

Definition

relative pronoun

1. (relative part.)
1. which, who
2. that which
2. (conj)
1. that (in obj clause)
2. when
3. since
4. as
5. conditional if

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

Usually translated as

which, that, as, whom, because, where, who, when, whose, wherein, whither, wherewith, whatsoever, how, for, until, whereof, whithersoever, whosoever, whereon, if, from whence, forasmuch, though, whereas, after, wheresoever, alike, howsoever, whilst, every

Origin

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)

Greek equivalents

• katháper (G2509)
• kathó (G2526)
• kathóti (G2530)
• hoûtos (G3778)
• tís (G5101)
• trópos (G5158)

Occurrences

ʼăsher occurs 5,444 times in 4,402 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (348), Exodus (257), Leviticus (251), Numbers (254), Deuteronomy (429), Joshua (193), Judges (142), Ruth (31), 1 Samuel (198), 2 Samuel (162), 1 Kings (281), 2 Kings (237), 1 Chronicles (83), 2 Chronicles (199), Ezra (19), Nehemiah (81), Esther (71), Job (40), Psalms (93), Proverbs (12), Ecclesiastes (65), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (144), Jeremiah (362), Lamentations (7), Ezekiel (274), Daniel (38), Hosea (10), Joel (9), Amos (16), Obadiah (3), Jonah (10), Micah (13), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (6), Haggai (7), Zechariah (40), Malachi (11)

• Genesis 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which (אֲשֶׁר֙) were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which (אֲשֶׁ֖ר) were above the firmament: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which (אֲשֶׁר֩) the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which (אֲשֶׁר֙) is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
• Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which (אֲשֶׁר) is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
• Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein (אֲשֶׁר) there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:31 — And God saw every thing that (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Genesis 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
• Genesis 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) he had made.
• Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which (אֲשֶׁר) God created and made.
• Genesis 2:8 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) he had formed.
• Genesis 2:11 — The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where (אֲשֶׁר) there is gold;
• Genesis 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever (אֲשֶׁ֨ר) Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
• Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which (אֲשֶׁר) the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
• Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
• Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
• Genesis 3:11 — And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof (אֲשֶׁ֧ר) I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
• Genesis 3:12 — And the man said, The woman whom (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
• Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which (אֲשֶׁ֤ר) I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
• Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) he was taken.
• Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
• Genesis 5:5 — And all the days that (אֲשֶׁר) Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
• Genesis 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) the LORD hath cursed.
• Genesis 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) they chose.
• Genesis 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when (אֲשֶׁ֨ר) the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
• Genesis 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) were of old, men of renown.
• Genesis 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom (אֲשֶׁר) I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
• Genesis 6:15 — And this is the fashion which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
• Genesis 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein (אֲשֶׁר) is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
• Genesis 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that (אֲשֶׁר) is in the earth shall die.
• Genesis 6:21 — And take thou unto thee of all food that (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
• Genesis 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that (אֲשֶׁ֨ר) God commanded him, so did he.
• Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that (אֲ֠שֶׁר) are not clean by two, the male and his female.
• Genesis 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
• Genesis 7:5 — And Noah did according unto all that (אֲשֶׁר) the LORD commanded him.
• Genesis 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
• Genesis 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that (אֲשֶׁר) creepeth upon the earth,
• Genesis 7:9 — There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as (כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר) God had commanded Noah.
• Genesis 7:15 — And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein (אֲשֶׁר) is the breath of life.
• Genesis 7:16 — And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as (כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר) God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
• Genesis 7:19 — And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that (אֲשֶׁר) were under the whole heaven, were covered.
• Genesis 7:22 — All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that (אֲשֶׁר֩) was in the dry land, died.
• Genesis 7:23 — And every living substance was destroyed which (אֲשֶׁ֣ר) was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
• Genesis 7:23 — And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that (וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר) were with him in the ark.
• Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
• Genesis 8:6 — And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which (אֲשֶׁ֥ר) he had made:
• Genesis 8:17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing that (אֲשֶֽׁר) is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
• 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 heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as (כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר) I have done.