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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. 2 Kings 23:1וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ
    Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:13נֶאֱסְפוּ־ · gathered
    He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
  3. 1 Chronicles 15:4וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף · gathered together
    Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
  4. 1 Chronicles 19:7נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ · and marched out
    So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
  5. 1 Chronicles 19:17וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף · he gathered
    When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
  6. 1 Chronicles 23:2וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙ · Then he gathered
    Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
  7. 2 Chronicles 1:14וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף · accumulated
    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  8. 2 Chronicles 12:5נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ · had gathered
    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
  9. 2 Chronicles 24:11וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־ · and gathered
    Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:24וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף · gathered up
    Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
  11. 2 Chronicles 29:4וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖ם · and gathered them
    Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
  12. 2 Chronicles 29:15וַיַּֽאַסְפ֤וּ · When they had assembled
    When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
  13. 2 Chronicles 29:20וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ף · gathered
    Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
  14. 2 Chronicles 30:3נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ · been gathered
    …since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
  15. 2 Chronicles 30:13וַיֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּ · gathered
    In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  16. 2 Chronicles 34:9אָסְפֽוּ־ · had collected
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  17. 2 Chronicles 34:28אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ · gather; וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ · and you will be gathered
    ‘Now 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 and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  18. 2 Chronicles 34:29וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ף
    Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
  19. Ezra 3:1וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ · assembled
    By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
  20. Ezra 9:4יֵאָסְפ֗וּ · gathered
    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
  21. Nehemiah 8:1וַיֵּאָסְפ֤וּ · gathered
    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  22. Nehemiah 8:13נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ · gathered
    On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
  23. Nehemiah 9:1נֶאֶסְפ֤וּ · gathered together
    On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
  24. Nehemiah 12:28וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ · assembled
    The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
  25. Job 27:19יֵאָסֵ֑ף
    He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
  26. Job 34:14יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ · and withdraw
    If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
  27. Job 39:12יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ · and gather it
    Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
  28. Psalm 26:9תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף · take
    Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
  29. Psalm 27:10יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃ · will receive me
    Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
  30. Psalm 35:15וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ · they assembled; נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ · they gathered together
    But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  31. Psalm 39:6אֹסְפָֽם׃ · will haul them away
    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
  32. Psalm 47:9נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ · have assembled
    The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
  33. Psalm 50:5אִסְפוּ־ · Gather
    “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
  34. Psalm 85:3אָסַ֥פְתָּ · You withheld
    You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
  35. Psalm 104:22יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן · and they withdraw
    The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
  36. Psalm 104:29תֹּסֵ֣ף · when You take away
    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  37. Proverbs 27:25וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ · is gathered
    When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered,
  38. Proverbs 30:4אָֽסַף־ · has gathered
    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
  39. Ecclesiastes 2:26לֶאֱס֣וֹף · of gathering
    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  40. Isaiah 4:1אֱסֹ֖ף · Take away
    In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
  41. Isaiah 10:14וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ · Like one gathering; אָסָ֑פְתִּי · gathered
    My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
  42. Isaiah 11:12וְאָסַ֖ף · and gather
    He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  43. Isaiah 13:4נֶֽאֱסָפִ֔ים · gathered together
    Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
  44. Isaiah 16:10וְנֶאֱסַ֨ף · are removed
    Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
  45. Isaiah 17:5כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ · gathers
    …as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
  46. Isaiah 24:22וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ · They will be gathered
    They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
  47. Isaiah 33:4וְאֻסַּ֣ף · is gathered
    Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.