1. Asaph (proper name) — The proper name Asaph (אָסָף, 'gatherer'), referring primarily to: (1) the Levitical musician appointed by David, ancestor of a major guild of temple singers and credited with multiple psalms (1 Chr 6:39, 15:17, 16:5–7; 2 Chr 5:12, 29:30; Ps 50, 73–83 superscriptions), (2) the keeper of the king's forest under Artaxerxes (Neh 2:8), and (3) a Levitical ancestor (1 Chr 26:1). The three clusters represent the bare name and conjunction-prefixed forms (31x), preposition-prefixed לְאָסָף 'of Asaph' used in psalm superscriptions (12x), and another prepositional usage 'to/for Asaph' (3x). All are the same referential name: spa Asaf, hin आसाप, arb آسَافَ, kor 아삽, swa Asafu. 46×
AR["آساف","آسَاف","آسَافَ","آسَافُ"]·ben["-দ্বারা","আসফ","আসফের"]·DE["Asaf","Asaph","sammelte"]·EN["Asaf","Asaph"]·FR["Asaph"]·heb["אסף"]·HI["-आसाप-के","असफ-के","आसाप","आसाप-के","आसापके","आसाफ"]·ID["-Asaf","Asaf"]·IT["Asaf","Asaph"]·jav["Asaf","kaliyan-canang"]·KO["아사베의","아사보의","아사비의","아사의","아삽","아샡"]·PT["Asaf"]·RU["Асаф","Асафа"]·ES["Asaf"]·SW["Asafu","asap","wa-Asafu"]·TR["Asaf","Asaf'ın","Asafin"]·urd["آسف","آسف-کا","آسف-کے"]
2 Kgs 18:18, 2 Kgs 18:37, 1 Chr 6:39, 1 Chr 6:39, 1 Chr 9:15, 1 Chr 15:17, 1 Chr 15:19, 1 Chr 16:5, 1 Chr 16:5, 1 Chr 16:7, 1 Chr 16:37, 1 Chr 25:1 (+34 more)
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אָסָף n.pr.m. (gatherer, cf. Ph. n.pr.f. אספת) †1. father of יוֹאָח the recorder 2 K 18:18, 37 = Is 36:3, 22. 2. one of David’s chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1 Ch 6:24(×2) (‖ הֵימָן v 18, אֵיתָן v 29 vid. these names); 15:17 (‖ Heman & Ethan, all called) הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים v 19, v. also 16:5(×2), 7 cf. v 37 (‖ Heman & Jeduthun v 41, 42); 25:9, named with Heman & Jeduthun also 25:6; 2 Ch…