אָסָף
ʼÂçâph · aw-sawf'
Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
Lexicon
Derivation: from H622 (אָסַף); collector;
Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Asaph.
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 אָסָף 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
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of asaph30 · 65%
- asaph5 · 11%
- and asaph2 · 4%
- even asaph1 · 2%
- but asaph1 · 2%
- to asaph1 · 2%
- for asaph1 · 2%
- all of them of asaph1 · 2%
- and of asaph1 · 2%
- unto asaph1 · 2%
- a psalm of asaph1 · 2%
- asaph's1 · 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.