Strong's Lexicon
asaph: To gather, collect, assemble, remove, take away
Original Word:אָסַף
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:acaph
Pronunciation:ah-saf'
Phonetic Spelling:(aw-saf')
Definition:To gather, collect, assemble, remove, take away
Meaning:to gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove
Word Origin:A primitive root
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G4863 (συνάγω, synagō): To gather together, assemble
-G1996 (ἐπισυνάγω, episynagō): To gather together, to collect
Usage:The Hebrew verb "asaph" primarily means to gather or collect. It is used in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, including the gathering of people, harvests, or items. It can also imply the removal or taking away of something, such as gathering one's people in death or removing reproach.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Israelite society, gathering was a significant activity, whether it involved collecting crops during harvest or assembling people for religious or communal purposes. The concept of gathering also extended to spiritual and eschatological themes, such as God gathering His people or the gathering of nations for judgment. The act of gathering was often associated with divine intervention or blessing, reflecting the agrarian culture's dependence on successful harvests and communal unity.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. root
Definitionto gather, remove
NASB Translationagain (1), all together (1), amassed (1), assemble (9), assembled (12), assembling (1), attached (1), bring (1), brought (2), brought together (1), collect (1), collected (2), collects (1), cure (4), destroy (1), disappear (1), drew (1), garner (1), gather (33), gathered (81), gathering (1), gathers (3), lose (3), pick (1), put (1), put them all together (1), reaper (1), rear guard (5), received (2), returned (1), surely assemble (1), surely gathered (1), take (3), take my away (1), take away (2), taken away (5), took (1), victims (1), wane (1), withdraw (3), withdrawn (1), withdraws (1), withdrew (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
200 (Assyrian
asâpu, Dl
Pr 45) —
PerfectGenesis 30:23 +;Psalm 85:4, etc.;Imperfect2 Kings 5:3;Psalm 27:10, etc.; also2 Samuel 6:1; 2masculine singularPsalm 104:29; 1singularMicah 4:6; so probably (suffix)1 Samuel 15:6 (read ) see Köi. 382 DrSm;ImperativeNumbers 21:16 +Numbers 11:16; 2feminine singularJeremiah 10:17;Psalm 50:5 +;Infinitive absoluteJeremiah 8:13 + (Hiph`il, from according to BaNB 73);construct2 Kings 5:7 +;Exodus 23:16;Leviticus 23:39;Participle activeNumbers 19:10;2 Kings 22:20; 2Chronicles 34:28 (pointed i.e. Hiph`il; compare Köl.c.);Psalm 39:7;passive plural constructEzekiel 34:29; —
gather, collect (a) personsGenesis 29:22;Genesis 42:17 (followed by )Exodus 3:16;Exodus 4:29;Numbers 11:16,24;Numbers 21:16;Joshua 2:18 (followed by + locative)Joshua 24:1 (followed by locative; all these J E);1 Samuel 5:8,11;2 Kings 23:1 (followed by )Joshua 2:16;Isaiah 11:12;Zephaniah 3:8;Habakkuk 2:5;Ezekiel 11:17 (all "" ) +; collect men, people, armies, etc., for fightingNumbers 21:23 (E)Judges 11:20;1 Samuel 17:1;2 Samuel 10:17;2 Samuel 12:29 +; compareZechariah 14:2 (followed byagainst); (b) once object beastsJeremiah 12:9; (c) things, especially fruits ofearthExodus 23:10,16 (Cov't code)Leviticus 25:3,20,39 (H)Deuteronomy 11:14;Deuteronomy 16:13;Deuteronomy 28:38;Isaiah 17:5;Jeremiah 40:10,12;Job 39:12;Psalm 39:7; compareRuth 2:7 (""glean); the quailsNumbers 11:32 (twice in verse); food in General ()Genesis 6:21 (followed by ); eggsIsaiah 10:14; money2 Kings 22:4; 2Chronicles 24:11; ashes of red heiferNumbers 19:9,10; chariots1 Kings 10:26; 2Chronicles 1:14, etc.; of fisherman (, in metaphor)Habakkuk 1:15; of collecting windProverbs 30:4 .
gather an individual into company of others: (a) object person especiallygather to one's father2 Kings 22:20 () = 2 Chronicles 34:28 (; both "" Niph`al of same verb q. v. ); hence also (b)bring, object person1 Samuel 14:52 (on form here see Dr)2 Samuel 11:27 (both followed by ), association, responsibility, protection being implied; also of stray ox or sheepDeuteronomy 22:2 (followed by ); hence also (c)take up, care for, subjectPsalm 27:10 (compare perhapsIsaiah 40:11 ); (d)draw up the feet upon the bed ()Genesis 49:33.
bring up the rear ofIsaiah 58:8 i.e. be thy rear-guard ("" ) —Isaiah 52:12 has Pi`el q. v.
gather and take away, remove, withdraw1 Samuel 14:19 (object hand),Jeremiah 10:17 (bundle, followed by ), leprosy2 Kings 5:11 (see ); compare also , remove (set free) a man from leprosy2 Kings 5:3;2 Kings 5:6;2 Kings 5:7;Genesis 30:23;Isaiah 4:1 (reproach),Psalm 85:4 (wrath, "" ),Jeremiah 16:5 (peace, followed by ),Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15 (light),Psalm 26:9 () soJudges 18:25;Psalm 104:29 () see alsoJob 34:14 (followed by ); hencedestroy1 Samuel 15:6 object person); passivedestroyed with hungerEzekiel 34:29; alsoInfinitive absoluteJeremiah 8:13;Zephaniah 1:2 (joined with from , see Köi. 445; considered Hiph`il Infinitive absolute by BaNB 73 see above)
PerfectNumbers 27:13 +Jeremiah 48:33 etc.;ImperfectExodus 9:19 +;Genesis 25:8 +;Psalm 104:22 etc.;ImperativeDeuteronomy 32:50;Jeremiah 47:6;Genesis 49:1 +;Infinitive absolute2 Samuel 17:11 (on form compare BaNB 74);constructGenesis 29:7;Numbers 12:15;ParticipleGenesis 49:29;1 Samuel 13:11;Isaiah 13:14;Isaiah 57:1; —
assemble, be gathered, reflexive (a) subject menGenesis 49:1 (""Genesis 49:2),Isaiah 43:9 ("" ), 2 Chronicles 30:3 (followed by )2 Chronicles 30:13 (followed by accusative of location),Ezra 3:1;Ezra 9:4;Nehemiah 8:1,13 (all followed by )Nehemiah 9:1;Nehemiah 12:28; earlier mostly of assembling for warGenesis 34:30 (followed by ),Joshua 10:5;Judges 6:33;Judges 9:6;Judges 10:17 "" ),Judges 20:11 (followed by )Judges 20:14 (followed by locative),1 Samuel 13:11 (followed by accusative of location) +; (b) subject flocks, etc.Genesis 29:3 (passive; followed by )Genesis 29:7;Genesis 29:8 (all J); fishNumbers 11:22 (compareHabakkuk 1:25 Qal); (c) inanimate subject herbsProverbs 27:25; water2 Samuel 14:14 (in simile); bones for burialJeremiah 8:2; compareJeremiah 25:33 (bodies of slain) see alsoEzekiel 29:5 ("" which Co reads ), apparently =compose, arrange for burial. SoJob 27:19; but read probably = (Ex 5:7), Ew De Di Du. passive of Qal
; (a)be gathered to one's fathersJudges 2:10; elsewhereto one's people (all P)Genesis 25:8,17;Genesis 35:29 ("" )Genesis 49:29,33 ("" ),Numbers 20:24,26 (""Numbers 27:13 (twice in verse);Numbers 31:2;Deuteronomy 32:50 (twice in verse) (both "" ); also2 Kings 22:20 2Chronicles 34:28 both "" Qal q. v.); hence also (b)be brought in (into association with others, etc.)Numbers 12:14,15 (E) of Miriam, after leprosy; also reflexivebetake oneself, of MosesNumbers 11:30 (E), compare2 Samuel 17:13 (both followed by ); even with inanimate subjectJeremiah 47:6 (addressed to sword); of man & beastbrought home (followed by locative) for protectionExodus 9:19.
Pass. of Qal
;be taken away, removed, perish, of menIsaiah 57:1 (twice in verse) ("" ); fishHosea 4:3;gladnessIsaiah 16:10;Jeremiah 48:33 (followed by ); also reflexive,withdraw itself, of moonIsaiah 60:20 ("" ).
ParticipleNumbers 10:25 +;Isaiah 62:9 (so BD see Kö i. 201);Isaiah 52:12; —
gather harvestIsaiah 62:9 ("" ); bodies for burialJeremiah 9:21.
take in, receive into (followed by )Judges 19:15,18.
as substantiverearguard, rearwardNumbers 10:25 (P)Joshua 6:9,13 (both E); figurative of GodIsaiah 52:12.
Perfect (cons.)Isaiah 33:4;Zechariah 14:14 etc.;ParticipleEzekiel 38:12 —be gathered, of menIsaiah 24:22;Hosea 10:10 (followed byagainst),Ezekiel 38:12; bootyIsaiah 33:4; wealthZechariah 14:14.
InfinitiveDeuteronomy 33:5gather themselves.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
assemble, bring, consume, destroy, fetch, gather in, together, up again,
A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) -- assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Forms and Transliterations
אֱסֹ֖ף אֱסֹ֤ף אֱסֹ֥ף אֱסֹף֙ אֲסֻפֵ֤י אִסְפ֛וּ אִסְפ֣וּ אִסְפִּ֥י אִסְפוּ֙ אִסְפוּ֩ אִסְפוּ־ אֶאֱסֹ֜ף אֶסְפָה־ אָֽסַף־ אָסְפ֛וּ אָסְפ֥וּ אָסְפֽוּ־ אָסֵ֜ף אָסֵ֤ף אָסֵ֨ף אָסַ֖ף אָסַ֖פְתִּי אָסַ֥ף אָסַ֥פְתָּ אָסַ֨פְתִּי אָסָ֑פְתִּי אָסֹ֥ף אָסֹ֨ף אֹֽסְפָה֙ אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ אֹסְפָֽם׃ אאסף אסף אסף־ אספה אספה־ אספו אספו־ אספי אספך אספם׃ אספת אספתי בְּאָ֨סְפְּךָ֔ בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ באספך באספכם בהתאסף הֵ֠אָסֹף הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ הֵאָסְפ֣וּ הֵאָסְפ֥וּ הֵאָסֵ֖ף הֵאָסֵ֣ף הָאֹסֵ֨ף האסף האספו האספי וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ֞ וְאָסְפ֨וּ וְאָסְפוּ֙ וְאָסַ֖ף וְאָסַ֣ף ׀ וְאָסַ֥ף וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ וְאָסַפְתָּ֣ וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה וְאֻסְּפ֤וּ וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ וְאֻסַּ֣ף וְאֻסַּף֩ וְהֵאָסֵ֖ף וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף וְיֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ וְנֶאֱסַ֨ף וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ וְנֶאֶסְפ֣וּ וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ וְנֶאֶסְפָ֨ה וְנֶאֶסְפוּ־ וַאֲסַפְתּ֖וֹ וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ֙ וַיֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּ וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף וַיֵּאָ֨סְפ֜וּ וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ֙ וַיֵּאָסְפ֖וּ וַיֵּאָסְפ֤וּ וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ וַיֵּאָסֵ֥ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֞ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙ וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ף וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ וַיַּֽאַסְפ֤וּ וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖ם וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־ וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ וַיַּאַסְפ֜וּ וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ וַיַּאַסְפ֨וּ וַיַּאַסְפֵ֖הוּ וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּ וַיַּאַסְפוּ֩ וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖ם ואסף ואספו ואספת ואספתה ואספתו ואספתי והאסף והמאסף ויאסף ויאספה ויאספהו ויאספו ויאספו־ ויאספם וכאסף ומאספכם ונאסף ונאספה ונאספו ונאספו־ ונאספת ונאספתם יֵֽאָסֵ֔ף יֵֽאָסֵף֙ יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ יֵאָסְפ֗וּ יֵאָסֵ֑ף יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ יֵאָסֵ֖ף יֵאָסֵ֤ף יֵאָסֵ֥ף יֵאָסֵ֨ף יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן יֶאֱסֹ֥ף יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃ יַאַסְפֶֽךָ׃ יאסף יאסף׃ יאספו יאספו׃ יאספון יאספך׃ יאספני׃ כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ כאסף לֶאֱס֣וֹף לֶאֱסֹ֥ף לֶאֱסֹ֨ף לאסוף לאסף מְאַסְפָיו֙ מְאַסֵּ֥ף מְאַסֵּֽף־ מְאַסֵּֽף׃ מְאֻסָּ֣ף מאסף מאסף־ מאסף׃ מאספיו נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ נֶֽאֱסָפִ֔ים נֶֽאֱסָפִים֙ נֶאֱסְפוּ־ נֶאֱסַ֖ף נֶאֱסַ֥ף נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ נֶאֱסָ֣ף נֶאֱסָפִ֥ים נֶאֱסֹ֖ף נֶאֶסְפ֔וּ נֶאֶסְפ֖וּ נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ ׀ נֶאֶסְפ֤וּ נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ נֶאֶסְפוּ־ נאסף נאספו נאספו־ נאספים תֵּאָסֵ֥ף תֵּאָסֵֽף׃ תֵאָסֵ֖ף תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף תַּאַסְפִ֥י תֹּסֵ֣ף תאסף תאסף׃ תאספי תסף ’ā·sā·p̄ə·tî ’ā·sap̄ ’ā·sap̄- ’ā·sap̄·tā ’ā·sap̄·tî ’ā·sə·p̄ū ’ā·sə·p̄ū- ’ā·sêp̄ ’ā·sōp̄ ’ă·su·p̄ê ’āsap̄ ’āsap̄- ’āsāp̄ətî ’āsap̄tā ’āsap̄tî ’āsêp̄ ’āsəp̄ū ’āsəp̄ū- ’āsōp̄ ’ăsup̄ê ’e’ĕsōp̄ ’e·’ĕ·sōp̄ ’ĕ·sōp̄ ’es·p̄āh- ’ĕsōp̄ ’esp̄āh- ’is·pî ’is·p̄ū ’is·p̄ū- ’ispî ’isp̄ū ’isp̄ū- ’ō·sə·p̄āh ’ō·sə·p̄ām ’ō·sip̄·ḵā ’ōsəp̄āh ’ōsəp̄ām ’ōsip̄ḵā aSaf aSafeti aSafta aSafti aSef aseFu aSof asuFei bə’āsəpəḵā bə’āsəpəḵem bə·’ā·sə·pə·ḵā bə·’ā·sə·pə·ḵem bə·hiṯ·’as·sêp̄ beasepeCha beaspeChem bəhiṯ’assêp̄ behitasSef eeSof esfah eSof hā’ōsêp̄ hā·’ō·sêp̄ haoSef hê’āsêp̄ hê’āsəp̄î hê’āsəp̄ū hê’āsōp̄ hê·’ā·sə·p̄î hê·’ā·sə·p̄ū hê·’ā·sêp̄ hê·’ā·sōp̄ heaSef heaseFi heaseFu Heasof isfu isPi ke’ĕsōp̄ ke·’ĕ·sōp̄ keeSof le’ĕsōp̄ le’ĕsōwp̄ le·’ĕ·sō·wp̄ le·’ĕ·sōp̄ leeSof mə’asp̄āw mə’assêp̄ mə’assêp̄- mə’ussāp̄ mə·’as·p̄āw mə·’as·sêp̄ mə·’as·sêp̄- mə·’us·sāp̄ measFav measSef meusSaf ne’ĕsap̄ ne’ĕsāp̄ ne’ĕsāp̄îm ne’ĕsāp̄ū ne’ĕsōp̄ ne’esp̄ū ne’ĕsp̄ū ne’esp̄ū- ne’ĕsp̄ū- ne·’ĕ·sā·p̄îm ne·’ĕ·sā·p̄ū ne·’ĕ·sap̄ ne·’ĕ·sāp̄ ne·’ĕ·sōp̄ ne·’es·p̄ū ne·’ĕs·p̄ū ne·’es·p̄ū- ne·’ĕs·p̄ū- neeSaf neesaFim neeSafu neesFu neeSof oseFah oseFam osifCha ta’asp̄î ta·’as·p̄î taasFi tê’āsêp̄ ṯê’āsêp̄ te’ĕsōp̄ tê·’ā·sêp̄ ṯê·’ā·sêp̄ te·’ĕ·sōp̄ teaSef teeSof tō·sêp̄ toSef tōsêp̄ ū·mə·’as·sip̄·ḵem ūmə’assip̄ḵem umeassifChem vaasafTo vaiyaasFah vaiyaasFehu vaiyaasFem vaiYaasFu vaiyeAsef vaiyeaseFu vaiyeeSof veaSaf veasafTa veasafTah veasafTi veaseFu vecheeSof vehamasSef veheaSef veneeSaf veneesafTa veneesafTem veneESafu veneesFah veneesfu veusSaf veusseFu veyaasFehu veyeaseFu wa’ăsap̄tōw wa·’ă·sap̄·tōw way·ya·’as·p̄āh way·ya·’as·p̄ê·hū way·ya·’as·p̄êm way·ya·’as·p̄ū way·ya·’as·p̄ū- way·yê·’ā·sə·p̄ū way·yê·’ā·sep̄ way·yê·’ā·sêp̄ way·ye·’e·sōp̄ way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ wayya’asp̄āh wayya’asp̄êhū wayya’asp̄êm wayya’asp̄ū wayya’asp̄ū- wayyê’āsep̄ wayyê’āsêp̄ wayyê’āsəp̄ū wayye’esōp̄ wayye’ĕsōp̄ wə’āsap̄ wə’āsap̄tā wə’āsap̄tāh wə’āsap̄tî wə’āsəp̄ū wə’ussap̄ wə’ussəp̄ū wə·’ā·sap̄ wə·’ā·sap̄·tā wə·’ā·sap̄·tāh wə·’ā·sap̄·tî wə·’ā·sə·p̄ū wə·’us·sap̄ wə·’us·sə·p̄ū wə·ham·’as·sêp̄ wə·hê·’ā·sêp̄ wə·ḵe·’ĕ·sōp̄ wə·ne·’ĕ·sā·p̄ū wə·ne·’ĕ·sap̄ wə·ne·’ĕ·sap̄·tā wə·ne·’ĕ·sap̄·tem wə·ne·’es·p̄āh wə·ne·’es·p̄ū wə·ne·’es·p̄ū- wə·ya·’as·p̄ê·hū wə·yê·’ā·sə·p̄ū wəham’assêp̄ wəhê’āsêp̄ wəḵe’ĕsōp̄ wəne’ĕsap̄ wəne’ĕsap̄tā wəne’ĕsap̄tem wəne’ĕsāp̄ū wəne’esp̄āh wəne’esp̄ū wəne’esp̄ū- wəya’asp̄êhū wəyê’āsəp̄ū ya’asp̄eḵā ya’asp̄ênî ya·’as·p̄e·ḵā ya·’as·p̄ê·nî yaasFecha YaasFeni yê’āsêp̄ yê’āsêp̄ū yê’āsəp̄ū yê’āsêp̄ūn ye’ĕsōp̄ yê·’ā·sê·p̄ū yê·’ā·sə·p̄ū yê·’ā·sê·p̄ūn yê·’ā·sêp̄ ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ yeaSef yeaseFu yeaseFun yeeSof
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