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Lexicon :: Strong's H6214 - ʿăśâ'ēl

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עֲשָׂהאֵל
Transliteration
ʿăśâ'ēl
Pronunciation
as-aw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֲשָׂהאֵל ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'; from H6213 and H410; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites:—Asahel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H6214 in the following manner: Asahel (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H6214 in the following manner: Asahel (18x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲשָׂהאֵל ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'; from H6213 and H410; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites:—Asahel.
STRONGS H6214: Abbreviations
עֲשָׂהאֵל 18 proper name, masculine Ασαηλ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ασσαηλ (on this and following compare אֶלְעָשָׂה); —
1. brother of Joab and Abishai 2 Samuel 2:18 (twice in verse) + 7 times 2, + 2 Samuel 3:27, 30; 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Chronicles 11:26; 1 Chronicles 27:7.
2. Levites:
a. 2 Chronicles 17:8 (Ιασειηλ,Ασιηλ).
b. 2 Chronicles 31:13.
3. post-exile name Ezra 10:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:18; 3:27; 3:30; 23:24

1 Chronicles

2:16; 11:26; 27:7

2 Chronicles

17:8; 31:13

Ezra

10:15

H6214

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6214 matches the Hebrew עֲשָׂהאֵל (ʿăśâ'ēl),
which occurs 23 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Abner looked behind him and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David’s men were found missing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 - The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah was his successor. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - With them were certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah—and the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this.
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