Asaph
אָסָףStrong’s H0623asaph (a-saph)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Asaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “asaph”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.”
Meaning
- The father of Hezekiah's secretary
- A son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
- A Persian officer over the royal forest
- The father of Hezekiah's secretary
- A son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
- A Persian officer over the royal forest
- The father of Hezekiah's secretary
- A son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
- A Persian officer over the royal forest
- The father of Hezekiah's secretary
- A son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
- A Persian officer over the royal forest
How it's translated
- asaph 29
- of asaph 12
- and asaph 4
- for asaph 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 12
- Psalms 12
- Nehemiah 6
- 2 Chronicles 5
- 2 Kings 2
- Ezra 2
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 18:37Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 9:15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
- 1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
- 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
Hebrew dictionary
אָסָף asaph · Asaph
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.18; father of: Joah (H3098) § 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
אָסָף asaph · Asaph
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.39; son of: Berechiah (H1296H); father of: Zaccur (H2139J), Joseph (H3130I), Nethaniah (H5418H) and Asharelah (H0841) § 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
אָסָף asaph · Asaph
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.15; father of: Zichri (H2147K) § 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
אָסָף asaph · Asaph
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.2.8 § 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.