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אָסַף

a.saphto gatherHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb200 occurrences31 books187 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Traditional renderings: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), × generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, × surely, take (away, into, up), × utterly, withdraw.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָסַף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

200 total
  1. Joshua 2:18תַּאַסְפִ֥י · you have brought
    …unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
  2. Joshua 6:9וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף · and the rear guard
    While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
  3. Joshua 6:13וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף · and the rear guard
    And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
  4. Joshua 10:5וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ · joined forces
    So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
  5. Joshua 20:4וְאָסְפ֨וּ · they are to bring
    When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
  6. Joshua 24:1וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ף · assembled
    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
  7. Judges 2:10נֶאֶסְפ֖וּ · been gathered
    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  8. Judges 3:13וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף · to join forces
    After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
  9. Judges 6:33נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ · gathered
    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
  10. Judges 9:6וַיֵּאָ֨סְפ֜וּ · gathered
    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
  11. Judges 10:17וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ֙ · assembled
    Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
  12. Judges 11:20וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף · gathered
    But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
  13. Judges 16:23נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ · gathered together
    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  14. Judges 18:25וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה · will lose
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
  15. Judges 19:15מְאַסֵּֽף־ · would take
    They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
  16. Judges 19:18מְאַסֵּ֥ף · has taken
    The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
  17. Judges 20:11וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף · gathered
    So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
  18. Judges 20:14וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ · came together
    And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
  19. Ruth 2:7וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י · and gather
    She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
  20. 1 Samuel 5:8וַיַּאַסְפוּ֩ · So they called together
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  21. 1 Samuel 5:11וַיַּאַסְפ֜וּ · Then [the Ekronites] called together
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  22. 1 Samuel 13:5נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ׀ · assembled
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  23. 1 Samuel 13:11נֶאֱסָפִ֥ים · were gathering
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  24. 1 Samuel 14:19אֱסֹ֥ף · Withdraw
    While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
  25. 1 Samuel 14:52וַיַּאַסְפֵ֖הוּ · [Saul] would enlist him
    And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
  26. 1 Samuel 15:6אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ · I will sweep you away
    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
  27. 1 Samuel 17:1וַיַּאַסְפ֨וּ · gathered; וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ
    Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
  28. 1 Samuel 17:2נֶאֶסְפ֔וּ · assembled
    Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
  29. 2 Samuel 6:1וַיֹּ֨סֶף · assembled
    David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
  30. 2 Samuel 10:15וַיֵּאָסְפ֖וּ · they regrouped
    When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
  31. 2 Samuel 10:17וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף · he gathered
    When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
  32. 2 Samuel 11:27וַיַּאַסְפָ֤הּ · had her brought
    And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  33. 2 Samuel 12:28אֱסֹף֙ · assemble
    Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
  34. 2 Samuel 12:29וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף · assembled
    So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
  35. 2 Samuel 14:14יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ · be recovered
    For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  36. 2 Samuel 17:11הֵ֠אָסֹף · be gathered; יֵאָסֵ֨ף
    Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
  37. 2 Samuel 17:13יֵֽאָסֵ֔ף · he retreats
    If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
  38. 2 Samuel 21:13וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ · and they also gathered
    So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
  39. 2 Samuel 23:9נֶאֶסְפוּ־ · who had gathered
    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
  40. 2 Samuel 23:11וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ · had banded together
    And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
  41. 1 Kings 10:26וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף · accumulated
    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  42. 2 Kings 5:3יֶאֱסֹ֥ף · he would cure
    She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
  43. 2 Kings 5:6וַאֲסַפְתּ֖וֹ · so that you may cure him
    And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  44. 2 Kings 5:7לֶאֱסֹ֥ף · to cure
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  45. 2 Kings 5:11וְאָסַ֥ף · to cure
    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
  46. 2 Kings 22:4אָסְפ֛וּ · have collected
    “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
  47. 2 Kings 22:20אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ · I will indeed gather; וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ · and you will be gathered
    ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.