Bible Names

Asaph: meaning of the name

Asaph means “who gathers together.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Asaph in Hebrew and Greek

אָסָף H623

ʼÂçâph (aw-sawf') — Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first

from H622 (אָסַף); collector;

People named Asaph in the Bible

Asaph in Scripture

“Asaph” appears in 41 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 18:18

    And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

  • 2 Kings 18:37

    Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:39

    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

  • 1 Chronicles 9:15

    And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

  • 1 Chronicles 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • 1 Chronicles 15:19

    So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

  • 1 Chronicles 16:5

    Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

  • 1 Chronicles 16:7

    Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.