Lexical Summary Asa: perhaps "healer", an Israelite name Original Word: אָסָאTransliteration: Asa Phonetic Spelling: (aw-saw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: perhaps "healer", an Israelite name Meaning: Asa -- perhaps "healer", an Israelite name Strong's Concordance Asa Of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite -- Asa. Brown-Driver-Briggs H609. Asa אָסָא proper name, masculine (perhaps healer) king of Judah, son of Abijam and father of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 15:8-9, 11 24t. 1Kings 15..16.22; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 9:16; 2Chron 13:23 28t. 14-21; Jeremiah 41:9. **Perhaps apocopatic theophoric name, compare רְפָאֵל. II. אסה (compare Arabic be sorrowful, distressed). |
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