ʻĂsâyâh — H6222

Definition

masculine proper noun

Asajah, the name of three or four Israelites

1. Asaiah or Asahiah = "made by Jehovah"
2. a prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
3. a servant of king Josiah of Judah
4. a Merarite Levite, chief of his family, in the time of David

Usually translated as

Asaiah

Origin

from H6213 and H3050; Jah has made

• Derived from ʻâsâh (H6213)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

ʻĂsâyâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Kings 22:12 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah (עֲשָׂיָ֥ה) a servant of the king’s, saying,
• 2 Kings 22:14 — So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah (וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה), went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
• 1 Chronicles 4:36 — And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah (וַעֲשָׂיָ֧ה), and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
• 1 Chronicles 6:30 — Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah (עֲשָׂיָ֥ה) his son.
• 1 Chronicles 9:5 — And of the Shilonites; Asaiah (עֲשָׂיָ֥ה) the firstborn, and his sons.
• 1 Chronicles 15:6 — Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah (עֲשָׂיָ֣ה) the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
• 1 Chronicles 15:11 — And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah (עֲשָׂיָה֙), and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
• 2 Chronicles 34:20 — And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah (עֲשָׂיָ֥ה) a servant of the king’s, saying,