אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher · ash-er'
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: 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.
- who, which, what, that
- also, (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲשֶׁר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5499 occurrences · 5499 OT · 0 NT · 112 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- because10 · 16%
- which8 · 13%
- that5 · 8%
- whose4 · 6%
- whosoever3 · 5%
- as3 · 5%
- where3 · 5%
- wherein3 · 5%
- for2 · 3%
- whom2 · 3%
- according to that which2 · 3%
- what2 · 3%
- such as2 · 3%
- whereas2 · 3%
- and whatsoever1 · 2%
- as soon as1 · 2%
- that thing which1 · 2%
- only that which1 · 2%
- so that1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, when1 · 2%
- alive, and they that1 · 2%
- him, that1 · 2%
- when1 · 2%
- of which1 · 2%
- every thing that1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis411
- Exodus309
- Leviticus309
- Numbers295
- Deuteronomy584
- Joshua265
- Judges177
- Ruth42
- 1 Samuel237
- 2 Samuel190
- 1 Kings377
- 2 Kings319
- 1 Chronicles91
- 2 Chronicles254
- Ezra24
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.