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אָסַף

a.saphto gatherHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb200 occurrences31 books187 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Traditional renderings: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), × generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, × surely, take (away, into, up), × utterly, withdraw.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָסַף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

200 total
  1. Genesis 6:21וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ · and gather [it]
    You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  2. Genesis 25:8וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף · and was gathered
    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  3. Genesis 25:17וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף · and was gathered
    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  4. Genesis 29:3וְנֶאֶסְפוּ־ · had been gathered
    When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
  5. Genesis 29:7הֵאָסֵ֣ף · to gather
    “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
  6. Genesis 29:8יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · have been gathered
    But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
  7. Genesis 29:22וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
    So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
  8. Genesis 30:23אָסַ֥ף · has taken away
    …and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
  9. Genesis 34:30וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ · if they unite
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
  10. Genesis 35:29וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף · and was gathered
    Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
  11. Genesis 42:17וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף · So Joseph imprisoned them
    So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
  12. Genesis 49:1הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ · Gather around
    Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
  13. Genesis 49:29נֶאֱסָ֣ף · am about to be gathered
    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
  14. Genesis 49:33וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף · he pulled; וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף · and he was gathered
    When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  15. Exodus 3:16וְאָֽסַפְתָּ֞ · assemble
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  16. Exodus 4:29וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ · and assembled
    Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
  17. Exodus 9:19יֵֽאָסֵף֙ · brought
    So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
  18. Exodus 23:10וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ · and gather
    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
  19. Exodus 23:16בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ · when you gather
    You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
  20. Exodus 32:26וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ · gathered
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
  21. Leviticus 23:39בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ · after you have gathered
    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
  22. Leviticus 25:3וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ · and gather
    For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
  23. Leviticus 25:20נֶאֱסֹ֖ף · or gather
    Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
  24. Leviticus 26:25וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם · Though you withdraw
    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  25. Numbers 10:25מְאַסֵּ֥ף · serving as the rear guard
    Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
  26. Numbers 11:16אֶסְפָה־ · Bring
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
  27. Numbers 11:22יֵאָסֵ֥ף · were caught
    If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
  28. Numbers 11:24וַיֶּאֱסֹ֞ף · and he gathered
    So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.
  29. Numbers 11:30וַיֵּאָסֵ֥ף · returned
    Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
  30. Numbers 11:32וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ֙ · gathering; אָסַ֖ף · No one gathered
    All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
  31. Numbers 12:14תֵּאָסֵֽף׃ · she may be brought back in
    But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
  32. Numbers 12:15הֵאָסֵ֖ף · was brought in again
    So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
  33. Numbers 19:9וְאָסַ֣ף׀ · is to gather up
    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
  34. Numbers 19:10הָאֹסֵ֨ף · The man who has gathered up
    The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
  35. Numbers 20:24יֵאָסֵ֤ף · will be gathered
    “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
  36. Numbers 20:26יֵאָסֵ֖ף · will be gathered [to his people]
    Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
  37. Numbers 21:16אֱסֹף֙ · Gather
    From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
  38. Numbers 21:23וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף · gathered
    But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
  39. Numbers 27:13וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ · be gathered; נֶאֱסַ֖ף · was
    After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
  40. Numbers 31:2תֵּאָסֵ֥ף · you will be gathered
    “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
  41. Deuteronomy 11:14וְאָסַפְתָּ֣ · that you may gather
    …then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
  42. Deuteronomy 16:13בְּאָ֨סְפְּךָ֔ · after you have gathered
    You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
  43. Deuteronomy 22:2וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ֙ · you are to take
    If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
  44. Deuteronomy 28:38תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף · but harvest
    You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
  45. Deuteronomy 32:50וְהֵאָסֵ֖ף · and be gathered; וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף · and was gathered
    And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
  46. Deuteronomy 33:5בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ · gathered
    So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.