Word Study · Strong's H6222 · Hebrew
עֲשָׂיָה
Asayah
aw-saw-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂsâyâh
“Asajah, the name of three or four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Asajah, the name of three or four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Asaiah.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- עֲשָׂיָ֥ה4
- וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה1
- וַעֲשָׂיָ֧ה1
- עֲשָׂיָ֣ה1
- עֲשָׂיָה֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- Asaiah6
- and Asaiah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 6
- HC/Npm · 2
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 22:12עֲשָׂיָ֥הʾasayahproper noun (a name)and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:here: Asaiah
- 2 Kings 22:14וַעֲשָׂיָ֗הvaasayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.here: and Asaiah
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:36וַעֲשָׂיָ֧הvaasayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,here: and Asaiah
- 1 Chronicles 6:30עֲשָׂיָ֥הʾasayahproper noun (a name)Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.here: Asaiah
- 1 Chronicles 9:5עֲשָׂיָ֥הʾasayahproper noun (a name)From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.here: Asaiah
- 1 Chronicles 15:6עֲשָׂיָ֣הʾasayahproper noun (a name)from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;here: Asaiah
- 1 Chronicles 15:11עֲשָׂיָה֙ʾasayahproper noun (a name)David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.here: Asaiah