אָסַף
ʼâçaph · aw-saf'
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
- to gather for any purpose
- hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to support and uphold › to speak, the word
Strength, the leader that works to support and uphold that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָסַף 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
200 occurrences · 200 OT · 0 NT · 163 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- gathered themselves together10 · 10%
- gather9 · 9%
- gathered9 · 9%
- together7 · 7%
- gathered together7 · 7%
- and gather5 · 5%
- and was gathered4 · 4%
- were gathered together4 · 4%
- shall be gathered4 · 4%
- were gathered4 · 4%
- assemble4 · 4%
- and they gathered4 · 4%
- and gathered4 · 4%
- and gathered together3 · 3%
- be gathered together3 · 3%
- shall withdraw2 · 2%
- and shalt gather2 · 2%
- is taken away2 · 2%
- and shall assemble2 · 2%
- are gathered2 · 2%
- and thou shalt be gathered2 · 2%
- i will surely2 · 2%
- withdraw2 · 2%
- and he gathered2 · 2%
- and thou shalt gather1 · 1%
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.