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HebrewH6214Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֲשָׂהאֵל

a.sa.h.el

17Occurrences
H6214Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Asahel, the name of four Israelites

from H6213 (עָשָׂה) and H410 (אֵל); God has made;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; his mother was Zeruiah (H6870); brother of: Abishai (H0052) and Joab (H3097); father of: Zebadiah (H2069K) § Asahel = "God-made" 1) nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him 2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law 3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple 4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֲשָׂהאֵל appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
11
1 Chronicles
3
2 Chronicles
2
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:26BSB

Now these were the mighty men:Asahel the brother of Joab,Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

2 Chronicles 17:8BSB

accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

2 Samuel 2:19BSB

and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

2 Samuel 2:22BSB

Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

2 Samuel 2:32BSB

Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.