אָסֻףʼâçuph

gather, remove

Pronunciation: aw-soof' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H624

Meanings

Qal: construct, active (Genesis 30:23; Psalms 85:4; 2 Kings 5:3)

1. gather, collect (Genesis 29:22; Genesis 42:17; Exodus 3:16)

2. gather (2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 1 Samuel 14:52)

3. bring up the rear of (Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 52:12)

4. gather and take away, remove, withdraw (1 Samuel 14:19; Jeremiah 10:17; 2 Kings 5:11)

Niph`al: construct (Numbers 27:13; Jeremiah 48:33; Exodus 9:19)

1. assemble, be gathered, reflexive

c. compose, arrange (Proverbs 27:25; 2 Samuel 14:14; Jeremiah 8:2)

2. passive of Qal 2

a. be gathered to one's fathers (Judges 2:10; Genesis 25:8; Genesis 25:17)

b. be brought in (Numbers 12:14; Numbers 12:15; Numbers 11:30)

3. be taken away, removed, perish, passive of Qal 4 (Isaiah 57:1; Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 16:10)

Pi`el

1. gather (Isaiah 62:9; Jeremiah 9:21)

2. take in, receive into (Judges 19:15; Judges 19:18)

3. rearguard, rearward, as substantive (Numbers 10:25; Joshua 6:9; Joshua 6:13)

Pu`al: be gathered (Isaiah 33:4; Zechariah 14:14; Ezekiel 38:12)

Hithpa`el: gather themselves (Deuteronomy 33:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

1 Chronicles 26:15 The south gate went to Obed-edom, and his sons were put in charge of the storehouse.
1 Chronicles 26:17 Six Levites were assigned each day to the east gate, four to the north gate, four to the south gate, and two pairs at the storehouse.
Nehemiah 12:25 This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers in charge of the storerooms at the gates.

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).