ʼÂçâʼ — H609

Definition

masculine proper noun

Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite

1. Asa = "healer: injurious (?)"
2. king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat
3. a Levite

Usually translated as

Asa

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Greek equivalents

• Asá (G760)

Occurrences

ʼÂçâʼ occurs 58 times in 52 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (24), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (25), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Kings 15:8 — And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa (אָסָ֥א) his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 15:9 — And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa (אָסָ֖א) over Judah.
• 1 Kings 15:11 — And Asa (אָסָ֛א) did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
• 1 Kings 15:13 — And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa (אָסָא֙) destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
• 1 Kings 15:14 — But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s (אָסָ֗א) heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
• 1 Kings 15:16 — And there was war between Asa (אָסָ֗א) and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
• 1 Kings 15:17 — And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah.
• 1 Kings 15:18 — Then Asa (אָ֠סָא) took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• 1 Kings 15:18 — Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa (אָסָ֗א) sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• 1 Kings 15:20 — So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa (אָסָ֗א), and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
• 1 Kings 15:22 — Then king Asa (אָסָ֜א) made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
• 1 Kings 15:22 — Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa (אָסָ֔א) built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
• 1 Kings 15:23 — The rest of all the acts of Asa (אָ֠סָא), and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
• 1 Kings 15:24 — And Asa (אָסָא֙) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 15:25 — And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
• 1 Kings 15:28 — Even in the third year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 15:32 — And there was war between Asa (אָסָ֗א) and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
• 1 Kings 15:33 — In the third year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
• 1 Kings 16:8 — In the twenty and sixth year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
• 1 Kings 16:10 — And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 16:15 — In the twenty and seventh year of Asa (לְאָסָא֙) king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
• 1 Kings 16:23 — In the thirty and first year of Asa (לְאָסָא֙) king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
• 1 Kings 16:29 — And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
• 1 Kings 22:41 — And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa (אָסָ֔א) began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
• 1 Kings 22:43 — And he walked in all the ways of Asa (אָסָ֥א) his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
• 1 Kings 22:46 — And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa (אָסָ֣א), he took out of the land.
• 1 Chronicles 3:10 — And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa (אָסָ֥א) his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
• 1 Chronicles 9:16 — And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa (אָסָא֙), the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
• 2 Chronicles 14:1 — So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa (אָסָ֥א) his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
• 2 Chronicles 14:2 — And Asa (אָסָא֙) did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
• 2 Chronicles 14:8 — And Asa (לְאָסָ֗א) had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
• 2 Chronicles 14:10 — Then Asa (אָסָ֖א) went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
• 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa (אָסָ֜א) cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
• 2 Chronicles 14:12 — So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa (אָסָ֖א), and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
• 2 Chronicles 14:13 — And Asa (אָסָ֜א) and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
• 2 Chronicles 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa (אָסָא֒), and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
• 2 Chronicles 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa (אָסָ֖א), and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
• 2 Chronicles 15:8 — And when Asa (אָסָ֜א) heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 15:10 — So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa (אָסָֽא).
• 2 Chronicles 15:16 — And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa (אָסָ֣א) the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
• 2 Chronicles 15:16 — And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa (אָסָא֙) cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
• 2 Chronicles 15:17 — But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa (אָסָ֛א) was perfect all his days.
• 2 Chronicles 15:19 — And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (אָסָֽא).
• 2 Chronicles 16:1 — In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (אָסָ֔א) Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 16:1 — In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa (לְאָסָ֖א) king of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 16:2 — Then Asa (אָסָ֜א) brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 16:4 — And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa (אָסָ֗א), and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
• 2 Chronicles 16:6 — Then Asa (וְאָסָ֣א) the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
• 2 Chronicles 16:7 — And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa (אָסָ֖א) king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
• 2 Chronicles 16:10 — Then Asa (אָסָ֜א) was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.