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Lexicon :: Strong's H609 - 'āsā'

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אָסָא
Transliteration
'āsā'
Pronunciation
aw-saw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אָסָא ʼÂçâʼ, aw-saw'; of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite:—Asa.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H609 in the following manner: Asa (58x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H609 in the following manner: Asa (58x).

  1. Asa = "healer: injurious (?)"

    1. king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat

    2. a Levite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָסָא ʼÂçâʼ, aw-saw'; of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite:—Asa.
STRONGS H609: Abbreviations
אָסָא proper name, masculine (perhaps healer) king of Judah, son of Abijam and father of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 15:8, 9, 11 + 24 times 1 Kings 15:8-9, 11; +24 times. 1 Kings 15; 16; 22; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 1 Chronicles 9:16; 2 Chronicles 13:23 [2 Chronicles 14:1]; + 28 times; 2 Chronicles 14-21; Jeremiah 41:9. **Perhaps apocopatic theophoric name, compare רְפָאֵל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

15:8; 15:8; 15:9; 15:9; 15:11; 15:11

1 Chronicles

3:10; 9:16

2 Chronicles

14:1

Jeremiah

41:9

H609

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Strong's Number H609 matches the Hebrew אָסָא ('āsā'),
which occurs 58 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 15:8–2Ch 20:32)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the LORD throughout his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:16 - There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17 - King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - Asa responded by removing all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it with some of his officials to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Kinnereth, and all the land of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa sent an order throughout Judah, requiring that everyone, without exception, help to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the town of Geba in Benjamin and the town of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - The rest of the events in Asa’s reign—the extent of his power, everything he did, and the names of the cities he built—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. In his old age his feet became diseased.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - When Asa died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
Then Jehoshaphat, Asa’s son, became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - Nadab son of Jeroboam began to rule over Israel in the second year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Israel two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:32 - There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - Elah son of Baasha began to rule over Israel in the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in the city of Tirzah for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - Zimri walked in and struck him down and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - Zimri began to rule over Israel in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, but his reign in Tirzah lasted only seven days. The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - Ahab son of Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. [fn]During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 - The descendants of Solomon were Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16 - Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the area of Netophah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - [fn]When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king. There was peace in the land for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 - [fn]Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:10 - so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:12 - So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians[fn] in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the LORD and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2 - and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[fn] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,[fn] during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - King Asa even deposed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - So there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - Asa responded by removing the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah,[fn] and all the store cities in Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa called out all the men of Judah to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the towns of Geba and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 - At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:11 - The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the LORD’s help but turned only to his physicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - So he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He stationed troops in all the fortified towns of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his father, Asa, had captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight.

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