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1 Chronicles 16:5
“Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H623 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
- Derivation
- from H622 (אָסַף); collector;
- KJV renderings
- Asaph.
- Grammar
- אָסָ֥ף — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 46 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 18:182 Kings 18:371 Chronicles 6:241 Chronicles 6:241 Chronicles 9:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָסָף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.