Whatever

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “whatever”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “whatever” or one of its forms.

• אֲשֶׁר ăsher33
• כֹּל kôl24
• ὅς hós22
• ὅσος hósos13
• מָה mâh5
• πᾶς pâs3
• τὶς tìs3
• טוֹב ṭôb2
• מָה mâh2
• כֹּל kôl2
• שְׁאָר sheâr2
• עָשָׂה âsâh2

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 33 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160

  Genesis 34:11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

  Genesis 34:12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 24 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• מָה mâhwhat? how? aughttranslated this way 5 times of its 708 uses · Strong’s H4100Interrogative  ·  Translated: what 313, why 183, how 80, many 5

  Numbers 23:3 “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

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• טוֹב ṭôbpleasant, agreeable, goodtranslated this way 2 times of its 538 uses · Strong’s H2896Adjective  ·  Translated: good 249, better 72, prosperity 19, good things 12

  Genesis 16:6 “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

  1 Chronicles 21:23 Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering— I will give it all.”

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• מָה mâhwhat?translated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H4101Interrogative  ·  Translated: what 5, why 2, how 2, Whatever 2

  Ezra 6:9 Whatever is needed— young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem— must be given to them daily without fail.

  Ezra 7:18 You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 2 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s H3606Noun  ·  Translated: all 19, any 8, and all 7, whole 5

  Ezra 7:21 I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

  Ezra 7:23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

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• שְׁאָר sheârrest, remaindertranslated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H7606Noun  ·  Translated: rest 7, elsewhere 2, whatever was left 2, anything else 1

  Daniel 7:7 After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying — dreadful and extremely strong — with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

  Daniel 7:19 Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others — extremely terrifying — devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.

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• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ὅς hóswho, which, what, thattranslated this way 22 times of its 866 uses · Strong’s G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun  ·  Translated: which 107, what 107, whom 100, who 94

  Matthew 10:11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

  Mark 6:22 When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

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• ὅσος hósoshow much, how great, how manytranslated this way 13 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s G3745Personal / Relative Pronoun  ·  Translated: whatever 13, all who 10, much 10, all 6

  Matthew 17:12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

  Mark 9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

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• πᾶς pâsall, the whole, every kind oftranslated this way 3 times of its 1,133 uses · Strong’s G3956Adjective  ·  Translated: all 462, everyone 131, every 116, everything 87

  Matthew 15:17 “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

  Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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• τὶς tìsany one, some onetranslated this way 3 times of its 449 uses · Strong’s G5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun  ·  Translated: some 96, anyone 96, a 65, anything 30

  John 16:23 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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• ἐπί epíon, to, against, on the basis of, attranslated this way 2 times of its 784 uses · Strong’s G1909Preposition  ·  Translated: on 288, to 87, in 83, at 48

  Matthew 25:40 And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

  Matthew 25:45 Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

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• ὁ hothetranslated this way 2 times of its 9,898 uses · Strong’s G3588Article  ·  Translated: the 6,410, of the 748, of 344, who 329Full study and all 5,117 verses →
• ὅτι hótithat, since, becausetranslated this way 2 times of its 935 uses · Strong’s G3754Conjunction  ·  Translated: that 520, because 207, for 162, since 8Full study and all 875 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.