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Lexicon :: Strong's H6214 - ʿăśâ'ēl

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עֲשָׂהאֵל
Transliteration
ʿăśâ'ēl
Pronunciation
as-aw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֲשָׂהאֵל ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'; from H6213 and H410; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites:—Asahel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H6214 in the following manner: Asahel (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H6214 in the following manner: Asahel (18x).

  1. Asahel = "God-made"

    1. nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him

    2. a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law

    3. a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple

    4. a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲשָׂהאֵל ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'; from H6213 and H410; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites:—Asahel.
STRONGS H6214: Abbreviations
עֲשָׂהאֵל 18 proper name, masculine Ασαηλ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ασσαηλ (on this and following compare אֶלְעָשָׂה); —
1. brother of Joab and Abishai 2 Samuel 2:18 (twice in verse) + 7 times 2, + 2 Samuel 3:27, 30; 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Chronicles 11:26; 1 Chronicles 27:7.
2. Levites:
a. 2 Chronicles 17:8 (Ιασειηλ,Ασιηλ).
b. 2 Chronicles 31:13.
3. post-exile name Ezra 10:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:18; 3:27; 3:30; 23:24

1 Chronicles

2:16; 11:26; 27:7

2 Chronicles

17:8; 31:13

Ezra

10:15

H6214

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6214 matches the Hebrew עֲשָׂהאֵל (ʿăśâ'ēl),
which occurs 23 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 -

Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left as he followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or to your left, and grab one of the young men and take his armor for yourself.” But Asahel was not willing to turn away from pursuing Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Abner repeated again, “Turn away from following me. Why should I have to strike you to the ground? How would I [fn]be able to face Joab your brother [and look him in the eye]?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner struck him in the abdomen with the [fn]butt end of his spear, and the spear came out his back; and he fell there and died on that spot. And it came about that everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell and died, stood still [and reflected].

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Joab returned from pursuing Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David’s servants were missing, besides Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they picked up [the body of] Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men walked all night and they arrived in Hebron at daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, [fn]to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 -

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; then Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Now the mighty men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 - The fourth, for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them were the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with them the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers directed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah [fn]opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
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