ʻĂsâhʼêl — H6214

H6214 · Hebrew — עשהאל

Pronunciation: as-aw-ale'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Asahel, the name of four Israelites

  1. Asahel = "God-made"
  2. nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him
  3. a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law
  4. a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple
  5. a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra

Usually translated as

Asahel

Origin

from H6213 and H410; God has made

Occurrences

ʻĂsâhʼêl occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (11), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1)