Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H6214
עֲשָׂהאֵל
Asahelas-aw-ale'
Asahel
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻĂsâhʼêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6214is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6214
Asahel, the name of four Israelites
The King James renders it: Asahel.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Asahel is rendered "Asahel". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 2:18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
2 Samuel 2:18וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's twenty-four uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Asahel7
- -el6
- and Asahel4
- Asah-4
- and Asah-2
- O Asahel1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עֲשָׂה־4
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל3
- אֵ֥ל2
- אֵל֙2
- וַעֲשָׂה־2
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל2
- אֵ֖ל1
- אֵֽל׃1
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל1
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙1
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡ל1
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֜ל1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)18HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)6HC/Npm
2 Samuel
fifteen uses
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑לvaasahelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asahel
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙vaasahelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asahel
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֖לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֑לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: O Asahel
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֛לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
- וַעֲשָׂה־vaasah-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asah-
- אֵֽל׃ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- עֲשָׂה־ʾasah-proper noun (a name)tagged: Asah-
- אֵ֥לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֧לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- עֲשָׂה־ʾasah-proper noun (a name)tagged: Asah-
- אֵ֥לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
1 Chronicles
six uses
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
- וַעֲשָׂה־vaasah-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asah-
- אֵ֖לʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- עֲשָׂה־ʾasah-proper noun (a name)tagged: Asah-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- עֲשָׂה־ʾasah-proper noun (a name)tagged: Asah-
- אֵל֙ʾelproper noun (a name)tagged: -el
2 Chronicles
two uses
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡לvaasahelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asahel
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
- וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֜לvaasahelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Asahel
Ezra
one use
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
- עֲשָׂהאֵ֛לʾasahelproper noun (a name)tagged: Asahel
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.