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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. Isaiah 43:9וְיֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · assemble
    All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
  2. Isaiah 49:5יֵאָסֵ֑ף · might be gathered to Him
    And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
  3. Isaiah 52:12וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖ם · is your rear guard
    For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
  4. Isaiah 57:1נֶֽאֱסָפִים֙ · are taken away; נֶאֱסַ֥ף · are taken away
    The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
  5. Isaiah 58:8יַאַסְפֶֽךָ׃ · will be your rear guard
    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
  6. Isaiah 60:20יֵאָסֵ֑ף · wane
    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
  7. Isaiah 62:9מְאַסְפָיו֙ · those who harvest [grain]
    For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
  8. Jeremiah 4:5הֵאָסְפ֥וּ · Assemble yourselves
    Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
  9. Jeremiah 8:2יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · be gathered up
    They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
  10. Jeremiah 8:13אָסֹ֥ף · I will take away their harvest
    I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
  11. Jeremiah 8:14הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ · Gather together
    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  12. Jeremiah 9:22מְאַסֵּֽף׃ס · one to gather it
    Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
  13. Jeremiah 10:17אִסְפִּ֥י · Gather up
    Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
  14. Jeremiah 12:9אִסְפ֛וּ · gather
    Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
  15. Jeremiah 16:5אָסַ֨פְתִּי · I have removed
    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 21:4וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י · and I will assemble
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
  17. Jeremiah 25:33יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · gathered
    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
  18. Jeremiah 40:10אִסְפוּ֩ · gather
    As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
  19. Jeremiah 40:12וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ · And they gathered
    …they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
  20. Jeremiah 47:6הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ · Return
    ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
  21. Jeremiah 48:33וְנֶאֶסְפָ֨ה · are removed
    Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
  22. Ezekiel 11:17וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י · and assemble
    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
  23. Ezekiel 24:4אֱסֹ֤ף · Put in
    Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
  24. Ezekiel 29:5תֵאָסֵ֖ף · be taken away
    I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
  25. Ezekiel 34:29אֲסֻפֵ֤י · victims
    And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
  26. Ezekiel 38:12מְאֻסָּ֣ף · gathered
    …in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
  27. Ezekiel 39:17הֵאָסְפ֣וּ · together
    And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
  28. Daniel 11:10וְאָסְפוּ֙ · and assemble
    But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
  29. Hosea 4:3יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃ · disappear
    Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
  30. Hosea 10:10וְאֻסְּפ֤וּ · will be gathered
    I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
  31. Joel 1:14אִסְפ֣וּ · Gather
    Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
  32. Joel 2:10אָסְפ֥וּ · lose
    Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
  33. Joel 2:16אִסְפוּ־ · Gather; אִסְפוּ֙ · gather
    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
  34. Joel 3:15אָסְפ֥וּ · {will} no longer
    The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
  35. Amos 3:9הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · Assemble
    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
  36. Micah 2:12אָסֹ֨ף · I will surely gather; אֶאֱסֹ֜ף
    I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
  37. Micah 4:6אֹֽסְפָה֙ · I will gather
    “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  38. Micah 4:11נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ · have assembled
    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
  39. Habakkuk 1:9וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף · they gather
    All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
  40. Habakkuk 1:15וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ · and gathers them
    The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
  41. Habakkuk 2:5וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף · He gathers
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  42. Zephaniah 1:2אָסֹ֨ף · I will completely sweep away
    “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
  43. Zephaniah 3:8לֶאֱסֹ֨ף · is to gather
    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
  44. Zephaniah 3:18אָסַ֖פְתִּי · I will gather
    “I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
  45. Zechariah 12:3וְנֶאֶסְפ֣וּ · gather
    On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
  46. Zechariah 14:2וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י · For I will gather
    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
  47. Zechariah 14:14וְאֻסַּף֩ · will be collected
    Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.