אָסַף

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to gather, receive, remove, gather in
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be gathered
• 6.(hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼâçaph; Pronunciation: aw-saf'