אָסָא
ʼÂçâʼ · aw-saw'
Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Asa.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to support and uphold › strength, the leader
Strength, the leader that works to support and uphold of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָסָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of asa20 · 34%
- and asa12 · 21%
- asa10 · 17%
- then asa5 · 9%
- to asa3 · 5%
- between asa2 · 3%
- nevertheless asa's1 · 2%
- ye me, asa1 · 2%
- and when asa1 · 2%
- with him because of this thing. and asa1 · 2%
- which asa1 · 2%
- was it which asa1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.