עֲשָׂהאֵל
ʻĂsâhʼêl · as-aw-ale'
Asahel, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6213 (עָשָׂה) and H410 (אֵל); God has made;
Asahel, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Asahel.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲשָׂהאֵל 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and asahel7 · 39%
- asahel3 · 17%
- of asahel2 · 11%
- art thou asahel1 · 6%
- but asahel1 · 6%
- to asahel1 · 6%
- where asahel1 · 6%
- were, asahel1 · 6%
- was asahel1 · 6%
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.