Hebrew word study

אָסַףʼâçaph — to gather for any purpose

Pronounced “aw-saf'”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 199 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 14×

Genesis 6:21 Genesis 25:8 Genesis 25:17 Genesis 29:3 Genesis 29:7 Genesis 29:8 Genesis 30:23 Genesis 34:30 Genesis 35:29 Genesis 42:17 Genesis 49:1 Genesis 49:29 Genesis 49:33+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 6×

Exodus 3:16 Exodus 4:29 Exodus 9:19 Exodus 23:10 Exodus 23:16 Exodus 32:26

Leviticus — 4×

Leviticus 23:39 Leviticus 25:3 Leviticus 25:20 Leviticus 26:25

Numbers — 18×

Numbers 10:25 Numbers 11:16 Numbers 11:22 Numbers 11:24 Numbers 11:30 Numbers 11:32 Numbers 12:14 Numbers 12:15 Numbers 19:9 Numbers 19:10 Numbers 20:24 Numbers 20:26 Numbers 21:16 Numbers 21:23 Numbers 27:13 Numbers 31:2+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 7×

Deuteronomy 11:14 Deuteronomy 16:13 Deuteronomy 22:2 Deuteronomy 28:38 Deuteronomy 32:50 Deuteronomy 33:5+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 6×

Joshua 2:18 Joshua 6:9 Joshua 6:13 Joshua 10:5 Joshua 20:4 Joshua 24:1

Judges — 12×

Judges 2:10 Judges 3:13 Judges 6:33 Judges 9:6 Judges 10:17 Judges 11:20 Judges 16:23 Judges 18:25 Judges 19:15 Judges 19:18 Judges 20:11 Judges 20:14

Ruth — 1×

Ruth 2:7

1 Samuel — 10×

1 Sam 5:8 1 Sam 5:11 1 Sam 13:5 1 Sam 13:11 1 Sam 14:19 1 Sam 14:52 1 Sam 15:6 1 Sam 17:1 1 Sam 17:2+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 13×

2 Sam 6:1 2 Sam 10:15 2 Sam 10:17 2 Sam 11:27 2 Sam 12:28 2 Sam 12:29 2 Sam 14:14 2 Sam 17:11 2 Sam 17:13 2 Sam 21:13 2 Sam 23:9 2 Sam 23:11+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 1×

1 Ki 10:26

2 Kings — 8×

2 Ki 5:3 2 Ki 5:6 2 Ki 5:7 2 Ki 5:11 2 Ki 22:4 2 Ki 22:20 2 Ki 23:1+ 1 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 11:13 1 Chr 15:4 1 Chr 19:7 1 Chr 19:17 1 Chr 23:2

2 Chronicles — 13×

2 Chr 1:14 2 Chr 12:5 2 Chr 24:11 2 Chr 28:24 2 Chr 29:4 2 Chr 29:15 2 Chr 29:20 2 Chr 30:3 2 Chr 30:13 2 Chr 34:9 2 Chr 34:28 2 Chr 34:29+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 3:1 Ezra 9:4

Nehemiah — 4×

Nehemiah 8:1 Nehemiah 8:13 Nehemiah 9:1 Nehemiah 12:28

Job — 3×

Job 27:19 Job 34:14 Job 39:12

Psalms — 10×

Psalms 26:9 Psalms 27:10 Psalms 35:15 Psalms 39:6 Psalms 47:9 Psalms 50:5 Psalms 85:3 Psalms 104:22 Psalms 104:29+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 27:25 Proverbs 30:4

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Eccles 2:26

Isaiah — 17×

Isaiah 4:1 Isaiah 10:14 Isaiah 11:12 Isaiah 13:4 Isaiah 16:10 Isaiah 17:5 Isaiah 24:22 Isaiah 33:4 Isaiah 43:9 Isaiah 49:5 Isaiah 52:12 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 58:8 Isaiah 60:20 Isaiah 62:9+ 2 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 14×

Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 8:2 Jeremiah 8:13 Jeremiah 8:14 Jeremiah 9:22 Jeremiah 10:17 Jeremiah 12:9 Jeremiah 16:5 Jeremiah 21:4 Jeremiah 25:33 Jeremiah 40:10 Jeremiah 40:12 Jeremiah 47:6 Jeremiah 48:33

Ezekiel — 6×

Ezekiel 11:17 Ezekiel 24:4 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 34:29 Ezekiel 38:12 Ezekiel 39:17

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 11:10

Hosea — 2×

Hosea 4:3 Hosea 10:10

Joel — 5×

Joel 1:14 Joel 2:10 Joel 2:16 Joel 3:15+ 1 more in Joel

Amos — 1×

Amos 3:9

Micah — 4×

Micah 2:12 Micah 4:6 Micah 4:11+ 1 more in Micah

Habakkuk — 3×

Habakkuk 1:9 Habakkuk 1:15 Habakkuk 2:5

Zephaniah — 3×

Zeph 1:2 Zeph 3:8 Zeph 3:18

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 12:3 Zech 14:2 Zech 14:14

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