Strong H8344 sensesאֲשֶׁר
which · as which · in which · whence
- Transliteration
- 'ăsher
- Pronunciation
- ash-er'
The 4 senses of Strong H834
The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H834 appears in 105 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
General definition
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);
{who} which 6
{what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where 6
{how} because 6
in order {that} etc.: - X {after} X {alike} as (soon {as}) {because} X {every} {for} + {forasmuch} + from {whence} + how ({-soever}) X {if} (so) that ([thing] {which} {wherein}) X {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.
{who} which 6
{what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where 6
{how} because 6
in order {that} etc.: - X {after} X {alike} as (soon {as}) {because} X {every} {for} + {forasmuch} + from {whence} + how ({-soever}) X {if} (so) that ([thing] {which} {wherein}) X {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.
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- because11
- which9
- that7
- whom6
- accord4
- wherein4
- whose4
- whosoever4
- as3
- for3
- him3
- thee3
First verses
- Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which 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 6:4There 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 were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
- Genesis 7:23And 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 were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 12:11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
- Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 17:14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
- Genesis 18:17And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
- Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 18:33And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Genesis 19:12And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
- Genesis 19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.