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HebrewH0623Proper Noun (Masculine)

אָסָף

a.saph

28Occurrences
H0623Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first

from H622 (אָסַף); collector;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Joah (H3098) § Asaph = "gatherer" 1) the father of Hezekiah's secretary 2) a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under ) a Persian officer over the royal forest

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אָסָף appears 28 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
11
Nehemiah
6
2 Chronicles
5
2 Kings
2
Ezra
2
Isaiah
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:17BSB

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 25:1BSB

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

1 Chronicles 9:15BSB

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

2 Chronicles 5:12BSB

all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

Isaiah 36:3BSB

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

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