Lexicon Asaph: "gatherer," the name of several Israelites Original Word: אָסָףPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Asaph Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sawf') Short Definition: Asaph NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom asaphDefinition"gatherer," the name of several Isr. NASB TranslationAsaph (34).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אָסָף proper name, masculine ( gatherer, compare Phoenician proper name, feminine אספת) 1 father of יוֺאָח the recorder 2 Kings 18:18,37 = Isaiah 36:3,22. 2 one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1 Chronicles 6:24 (twice in verse) ("" הֵימָן v.1 Chronicles 6:18, אֵיתָן v.1 Chronicles 6:29 see these names); 1 Chronicles 15:17 ("" Heman & Ethan, all called) הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים 1 Chronicles 15:19; see also 1 Chronicles 16:5 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 16:7 compare 1 Chronicles 16:37 ("" Heman & Jeduthun 1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 16:42); 1 Chronicles 25:9, named with Heman & Jeduthun also 1 Chronicles 25:6; 2Chronicles 5:12; 35:15; Psalm 50:1; Psalm 73:1-83:18 are ascribed to Asaph; compare also בִּימֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף Nehemiah 12:46; he is called also הַחֹזֶה2Chronicles 29:30, compare אָסָף הַנִּבָּא עַליְֿדֵיהַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Chronicles 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 1 Chronicles 25:1 ("" Heman & Jeduthun) 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:2; called הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים2Chronicles 35:15; Ezra 2:41; Nehemiah 7:44; Nehemiah 11:22, compare Ezra 3:10; performing service of purification, Hezekiah's time 2Chronicles 29:13; one of them prophesying 2 Chronicles 20:14; — 1 Chronicles 26:1 for בְּנֵי אָסָף read בְּנֵי אֶבְיָסָף, compare 1 Chronicles 9:19; on זִכְרִי 1 Chronicles 9:15, זַבְדִּי Nehemiah 11:17, זַכּוּרNehemiah 12:35, called בֶּןאָֿסָף, see these names. 3 keeper of king's park Nehemiah 2:8.
Strong's Asaph From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first -- Asaph. see HEBREW 'acaph |
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