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אָסָף

ʼÂçâph · H623 · Hebrew · proper noun · 46 occurrences

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This name belongs to 5 people

Meanings

  1. Asaph

    Asaph, son of Berechiah, of the tribe of Levi, a temple singer in the time of King David

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 9:15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,

    1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,

    1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;

  2. Asaph

    Asaph, father of Joah the recorder, in the time of King Hezekiah

    Examples

    2 Kings 18:18 Then they called to the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the household, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary, went out to them.

    2 Kings 18:37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.

    Isaiah 36:3 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to him.

  3. Asaph

    Asaph, of the tribe of Levi, ancestor of a family of gatekeepers

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 26:1 For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  4. Asaph

    A forest guard after the exile

    Examples

    Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which is by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

5 occurrences in 5 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

12 occurrences in 3 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

16 occurrences in 2 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

23 occurrences in 5 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
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אָסָף is the personal name Asaph, a Levite musician and the ancestor of a guild of temple singers.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H623. Asaph אָסָף proper name, masculine (gatherer, compare Phoenician proper name,…
H623. Asaph
אָסָף proper name, masculine (gatherer, compare Phoenician proper name, feminine אספת)
1 father of יוֺאָח the recorder 2Ki 18:18, 2Ki 18:37 = Isa 36:3, Isa 36:22.
2 one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1Ch 6:24 (twice in verse) (|| הֵימָן v.1Ch 6:18, אֵיתָן v.1Ch 6:29 see these names); 1Ch 15:17 (|| Heman & Ethan, all called) הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים 1Ch 15:19; see also 1Ch 16:5 (twice in verse); 1Ch 16:7 compare 1Ch 16:37 (|| Heman & Jeduthun 1Ch 16:41; 1Ch 16:42); 1Ch 25:9, named with Heman & Jeduthun also 1Ch 25:6; 2Ch 5:12; 2Ch 35:15; Psa 50:1; Psalm 73:1-83:18 are ascribed to Asaph; compare also וְאָסָף דָוִיד בִּימֵי Neh 12:46; he is called also הַחֹזֶה2Ch 29:30, compare עַליְֿדֵיהַמֶּלֶךְ הַנִּבָּא אָסָף 1Ch 25:2; repeated mention is made also of sons of Asaph בְּנֵיאָֿסָף, sons, descendants, and pupils, or those who sang and played after his manner 1Ch 25:1 (|| Heman & Jeduthun) 1Ch 25:2; 1Ch 25:2; called הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים2Ch 35:15; Ezr 2:41; Neh 7:44; Neh 11:22, compare Ezr 3:10; performing service of purification, Hezekiah's time 2Ch 29:13; one of them prophesying 2Ch 20:14; — 1Ch 26:1 for אָסָף בְּנֵי read אֶבְיָסָף בְּנֵי, compare 1Ch 9:19; on זִכְרִי 1Ch 9:15, זַבְדִּי Neh 11:17, זַכּוּרNeh 12:35, called בֶּןאָֿסָף, see these names.
3 keeper of king's park Neh 2:8.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Names of People46 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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