Biblica Analytica
H0609G Greek

Ἀσά

Asa

Asaph

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Asaph
Transliteration
Asa
Strong's Number
H0609G
Occurrences
57
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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The Greek word Ἀσά (Asa) is a proper name given to a person. It is derived from the Hebrew name Asaph, which is likely related to the word for "gatherer" or "collector." This name is used 57 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the narrative. The name Asa is associated with a king in the Old Testament, who ruled Judah during a time of relative peace and prosperity. The name may also be related to the Asaphites, a group of Levites who were responsible for singing and playing musical instruments in the Temple. The use of this name across different contexts suggests its importance in the biblical narrative. The frequency and range of usage for the name Asa in the Bible indicate its significance in the biblical narrative, likely due to its association with a prominent king and a group of Levites.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H0609G
Lemma
Ἀσά
Transliteration
Asa
Definition
Asaph
Occurrences
57
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

57 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 20:32

He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes.

2 Chronicles 21:12

A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

1 Kings 15:8

Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:9

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.

1 Kings 15:11

Asa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.

1 Kings 15:13

He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

1 Kings 15:14

But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

1 Kings 15:16

There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15:17

Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:18

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 15:18

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 15:20

Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 15:22

Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:22

Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:23

Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15:24

Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:25

Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

1 Kings 15:28

Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:32

There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.

1 Kings 16:10

and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:15

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

1 Kings 16:23

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:29

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

1 Kings 22:41

Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 22:46

The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

1 Chronicles 3:10

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

2 Chronicles 14:1

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.

2 Chronicles 14:2

Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God’s eyes;

2 Chronicles 14:8

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

2 Chronicles 14:10

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:11

Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”

2 Chronicles 14:12

So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chronicles 14:13

Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and so many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:8

When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed Yahweh’s altar that was before Yahweh’s porch.

2 Chronicles 15:10

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:16

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:16

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:19

There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:2

Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

2 Chronicles 16:4

Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 16:6

Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.