עֲשָׂיָהʻĂsâyâh
Asajah, the name of three or four Israelites
Pronunciation: aw-saw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6222
Meanings
1. servant of Josiah (2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:20)
2. Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:36)
3. Levites
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 22:12 Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king’s personal adviser:
- 2 Kings 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the New Quarter of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.
- 1 Chronicles 4:36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:30 Shimea, Haggiah, and Asaiah.
- 1 Chronicles 9:5 Others returned from the Shilonite clan, including Asaiah (the oldest) and his sons.
- 1 Chronicles 15:6 From the clan of Merari, 220, with Asaiah as their leader.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).