אָסָא (a.sa) means “Asa” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-saw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אָסָא · a.sa · Asa
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.8; son of: Abijah (H0029I); married to Azubah (H5806); father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092I); also called Asaph at Mat.1.7,8; Also named: Asa (Ἀσά "Asaph" G0760) § Asa = "healer: injurious (?)" 1) king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat 2) a Levite
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אָסָא · a.sa · Asa
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.16; son of: Elkanah (H0511K); father of: Berechiah (H1296I) § Asa = "healer: injurious (?)" 1) king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat 2) a Levite
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of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
KJV glosses: Asa.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| asa | 29 |
| of asas | 10 |
| of asa | 6 |
| and asa | 3 |
| so asa | 3 |
| asas | 2 |
| then asa | 2 |
| of asas reign | 1 |
| when asa | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of asa | 20 |
| and asa | 13 |
| asa | 10 |
| then asa | 5 |
| to asa | 3 |
| between asa | 2 |
| and when asa | 1 |
| it which asa | 1 |
| nevertheless asas | 1 |
| which asa | 1 |
| ye me asa | 1 |
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And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
Read word by wordAnd Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
Read word by wordHe also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Read word by wordThe high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
Read word by wordNow there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
Read word by wordBaasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Read word by wordSo Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
Read word by wordAnd Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
Read word by wordThen King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
Read word by wordNow the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
Read word by wordAnd Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
Read word by wordIn the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
Read word by wordAnd there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
Read word by wordIn the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
Read word by wordIn the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
Read word by wordSo in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Read word by wordIn the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
Read word by wordIn the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Read word by wordHe banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.47
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
Read word by wordObadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
Read word by wordThen Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.23
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.1
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.7
So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.9
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.10
So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.11
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.12
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Read word by wordWhen Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
Read word by wordSo they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Read word by wordKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Read word by wordThe high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
Read word by wordAnd there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Read word by wordSo Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
Read word by wordAnd Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
Read word by wordThen King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
Read word by wordAt that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Read word by wordAsa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Read word by wordNow the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
Read word by wordSo in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.
Read word by wordHe stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
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