King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H609
Transliteration: 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
Word 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).