The meaning of Asaph in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

convener, or collector.

  • A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir (I Chronicles 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a "seer" (II Chronicles 29:30). The "sons of Asaph," mentioned in 1Chr I Chronicles 20:14, and Ezra 2:41, were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master.

  • The "recorder" in the time of Hezekiah (II Kings 18:18,37).

  • The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a "letter" that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:8).


    See more on the meaning of Asaph in the Bible:
    Asaph {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
    Asaph {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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