אָסָףʼÂçâph
proper name, masculine: gatherer
Pronunciation: aw-sawf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H623
Meanings
1. father of יוֺאָח the recorder (2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 36:3)
2. one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah (1 Chronicles 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:29)
3. keeper of king's park (Nehemiah 2:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 46 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 18:18 They summoned King Hezekiah, but the king sent these officials to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian.
- 2 Kings 18:37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian, went back to Hezekiah. They tore their clothes in despair, and they went in to see the king and told him what the Assyrian chief of staff had said.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 Heman’s first assistant was Asaph from the clan of Gershon. Asaph’s genealogy was traced back through Berekiah, Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 9:15 Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph;
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel along with his fellow Levites: Asaph son of Berekiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah from the clan of Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the bronze cymbals.
See every passage
- 2 Kings 18:18, 18:37
- 1 Chronicles 6:39, 9:15, 15:17, 15:19, 16:5, 16:7, 16:37, 25:1, 25:2, 25:6, 25:9, 26:1
- 2 Chronicles 5:12, 20:14, 29:13, 29:30, 35:15
- Ezra 2:41, 3:10
- Nehemiah 2:8, 7:44, 11:17, 11:22, 12:35, 12:46
- Psalms 50:0, 73:0, 74:0, 75:0, 76:0, 77:0, 78:0, 79:0, 80:0, 81:0, 82:0, 83:0
- Isaiah 36:3, 36:22
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).