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Lexicon :: Strong's H623 - 'āsāp̄

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אָסָף
Transliteration
'āsāp̄
Pronunciation
aw-sawf'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אָסָף ʼÂçâph, aw-sawf'; from H622; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first:—Asaph.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H623 in the following manner: Asaph (46x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H623 in the following manner: Asaph (46x).

  1. Asaph = "gatherer"

    1. the father of Hezekiah's secretary

    2. a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David

    3. a Persian officer over the royal forest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָסָף ʼÂçâph, aw-sawf'; from H622; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first:—Asaph.
STRONGS H623: Abbreviations
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 1 Chronicles 6:18, אֵיתָן 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; 2 Chronicles 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 הַחֹזֶה 2 Chronicles 29:30, compare אָסָף הַנִּבָּא עַל־יְדֵיהַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Chronicles 25:2; repeated mention is made also of sons of Asaph בְּנֵי־אָסָף, 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 הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים 2 Chronicles 35:15; Ezra 2:41; Nehemiah 7:44; Nehemiah 11:22, compare Ezra 3:10; performing service of purification, Hezekiah's time 2 Chronicles 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, זַכּוּר Nehemiah 12:35, called בֶּן־אָסָף, see these names.
†3. keeper of king's park Nehemiah 2:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

18:18; 18:37

1 Chronicles

6:18; 6:24; 6:29; 9:15; 9:19; 15:17; 15:19; 16:5; 16:7; 16:37; 16:41; 16:42; 25:1; 25:2; 25:2; 25:2; 25:6; 25:9; 26:1

2 Chronicles

5:12; 20:14; 29:13; 29:30; 35:15; 35:15

Ezra

2:41; 3:10

Nehemiah

2:8; 7:44; 11:17; 11:22; 12:35; 12:46

Psalms

50:1; 73:1; 73:2; 73:3; 73:4; 73:5; 73:6; 73:7; 73:8; 73:9; 73:10; 73:11; 73:12; 73:13; 73:14; 73:15; 73:16; 73:17; 73:18; 73:19; 73:20; 73:21; 73:22; 73:23; 73:24; 73:25; 73:26; 73:27; 73:28; 74:1; 74:2; 74:3; 74:4; 74:5; 74:6; 74:7; 74:8; 74:9; 74:10; 74:11; 74:12; 74:13; 74:14; 74:15; 74:16; 74:17; 74:18; 74:19; 74:20; 74:21; 74:22; 74:23; 75:1; 75:2; 75:3; 75:4; 75:5; 75:6; 75:7; 75:8; 75:9; 75:10; 76:1; 76:2; 76:3; 76:4; 76:5; 76:6; 76:7; 76:8; 76:9; 76:10; 76:11; 76:12; 77:1; 77:2; 77:3; 77:4; 77:5; 77:6; 77:7; 77:8; 77:9; 77:10; 77:11; 77:12; 77:13; 77:14; 77:15; 77:16; 77:17; 77:18; 77:19; 77:20; 78:1; 78:2; 78:3; 78:4; 78:5; 78:6; 78:7; 78:8; 78:9; 78:10; 78:11; 78:12; 78:13; 78:14; 78:15; 78:16; 78:17; 78:18; 78:19; 78:20; 78:21; 78:22; 78:23; 78:24; 78:25; 78:26; 78:27; 78:28; 78:29; 78:30; 78:31; 78:32; 78:33; 78:34; 78:35; 78:36; 78:37; 78:38; 78:39; 78:40; 78:41; 78:42; 78:43; 78:44; 78:45; 78:46; 78:47; 78:48; 78:49; 78:50; 78:51; 78:52; 78:53; 78:54; 78:55; 78:56; 78:57; 78:58; 78:59; 78:60; 78:61; 78:62; 78:63; 78:64; 78:65; 78:66; 78:67; 78:68; 78:69; 78:70; 78:71; 78:72; 79:1; 79:2; 79:3; 79:4; 79:5; 79:6; 79:7; 79:8; 79:9; 79:10; 79:11; 79:12; 79:13; 80:1; 80:2; 80:3; 80:4; 80:5; 80:6; 80:7; 80:8; 80:9; 80:10; 80:11; 80:12; 80:13; 80:14; 80:15; 80:16; 80:17; 80:18; 80:19; 81:1; 81:2; 81:3; 81:4; 81:5; 81:6; 81:7; 81:8; 81:9; 81:10; 81:11; 81:12; 81:13; 81:14; 81:15; 81:16; 82:1; 82:2; 82:3; 82:4; 82:5; 82:6; 82:7; 82:8; 83:1; 83:2; 83:3; 83:4; 83:5; 83:6; 83:7; 83:8; 83:9; 83:10; 83:11; 83:12; 83:13; 83:14; 83:15; 83:16; 83:17; 83:18

Isaiah

36:3; 36:22

H623

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Strong's Number H623 matches the Hebrew אָסָף ('āsāp̄),
which occurs 46 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:18 - And when they had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:15 - Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7 - On that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark regularly, as every day’s work required;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah;[fn] the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:1 - Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:13 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places, according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not have to leave their position, because their brethren the Levites prepared portions for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:41 - The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood[fn] in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - “and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple,[fn] for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44 - The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17 - Mattaniah the son of Micha,[fn] the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:35 - and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets—Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A Contemplation[fn] of Asaph.

O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.”[fn] A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.[fn] A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

In Judah God is known;
His name is great in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 - To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

I cried out to God with my voice—
To God with my voice;
And He gave ear to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - A Contemplation[fn] of Asaph.

Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”[fn] A Testimony[fn] of Asaph. A Psalm.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of Asaph.

Sing aloud to God our strength;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.

God stands in the congregation of the mighty;
He judges among the gods.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:3 - And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:22 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
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