Word Study

The meaning of אָסָא

Understanding ʼÂçâʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H609
Hebrew Text
Strong's Concordance

אָסָא

Phoneticaw-saw'
TransliterationʼÂçâʼ
Grammar Code
N:N-M-P
Noun
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

of uncertain derivation Asa. - § Asa = "healer: injurious (?)" - Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite 1) king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat 2) a Levite

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

49 total references
ReferenceText
1 Kings 15:23

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

1 Chronicles 9:16

And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

2 Chronicles 15:19

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
49x
Most Frequent Book
2 Chronicles
Book Distribution
1 Kings21
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles25
Jeremiah1

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