Asaph

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/ˈeɪ.sæf/

proper noun

A biblical figure associated with music.

OriginHebrew אָסַף →
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Meanings

Asaph1

proper noun
  1. A biblical figure associated with music.
  2. An alternative name for the Judean king Asa that gospel writer St. Matthew used.
  3. An early Welsh bishop and saint.

Asaph2

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of Azov.

    at the mouth of Tanais, the Turke hath fortified Aſaph.

    1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 292

Origin

  1. Hebrewאָסַף
  2. EnglishAsaph

Borrowed from Hebrew אָסַף (’Āsāp̄); meaning "Gathered by God".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Asaph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asaph

MLA

“Asaph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asaph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Asaph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asaph.

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