Strong H623H623Jאָסָף
Asaph
One of the 5 senses of Strong H623
- Transliteration
- 'âsâph
- Pronunciation
- aw-sawf'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.2.8
Meaning of the name
Asaph = "gatherer"
General definition
From H622; collector;
{Asaph} the name of three {Israelites} and of the family of the first: - Asaph.
{Asaph} the name of three {Israelites} and of the family of the first: - Asaph.
In the biblical story
Asaph
Keeper of the king's forest during Nehemiah's time
Asaph was the keeper of the king's forest during Nehemiah's time (Neh 2:8).
In the Bible
Strong H623J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- asaph1
First verses
- Nehemiah 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.