Lexical Definition

‎אָסָף‎ ʼÂçâph (aw-sawf') Asaph ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָסַף‎; collector

Asaph.

• § Asaph = "gatherer"
• Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first

1) the father of Hezekiah's secretary
2) a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
3) a Persian officer over the royal forest

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָסָף‎ proper name, masculine (gatherer, compare Phoenician proper name, feminine ‎אספת‎)

1. father of ‎יוֺאָח‎ the recorder 2Kgs 18:18; 2Kgs 18:37 = Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22.

2. one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1Chr 6:24* (twice in verse) (|| ‎הֵימָן‎ v.1Chr 6:18*, ‎אֵיתָן‎ v.1Chr 6:29* see these names); 1Chr 15:17 (|| Heman & Ethan, all called) ‎הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים‎ v1Chr 15:19 see also 1Chr 16:5 (twice in verse); 1Chr 16:7 compare v1Chr 16:37 (|| Heman & Jeduthun v1Chr 16:41 v1Chr 16:42); 1Chr 25:9, named with Heman & Jeduthun also 1Chr 25:6; 2Chr 5:12; 2Chr 35:15; Ps 50:1; Ps 73:1-83:18 are ascribed to Asaph; compare also ‎בִּימֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף‎ Neh 12:46 he is called also ‎הַחֹזֶה‎ 2Chr 29:30, compare ‎אָסָף הַנִּבָּא עַליְֿדֵיהַמֶּלֶךְ‎ 1Chr 25:2 repeated mention is made also of sons of Asaph ‎בְּנֵיאָֿסָף‎, sons, descendants, and pupils, or those who sang and played after his manner 1Chr 25:1 (|| Heman & Jeduthun) v1Chr 25:2 v1Chr 25:2 called ‎הַמְּשֹׁרֲרִים‎ 2Chr 35:15; Ezra 2:41; Neh 7:44; Neh 11:22, compare Ezra 3:10 performing service of purification, Hezekiah's time 2Chr 29:13 one of them prophesying 2Chr 20:14 — 1Chr 26:1 for ‎בְּנֵי אָסָף‎ read ‎בְּנֵי אֶבְיָסָף‎, compare 1Chr 9:19 on ‎זִכְרִי‎ 1Chr 9:15, ‎זַבְדִּי‎ Neh 11:17, ‎זַכּוּר‎Neh 12:35, called ‎בֶּןאָֿסָף‎, see these names.

3. keeper of king's park Neh 2:8.

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