Asaph (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
: אָסַף) is an ancient name that means "God has gathered" and may refer to:
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Asaph (biblical figure)
Asaph ( ; ''’Āsāp̄'', "Gather"A concise English-Hebrew Dictionary'' by H. Danby and M. H. Segal, Dvir Publishing, Tel Aviv, 1962) is the name of three men from the Hebrew bible.
* Asaph, the father of Joah ()
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, the name of several Biblical figures
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Psalms of Asaph
The Psalms of Asaph ( ; ''’Āsāp̄'', "Gather") are the twelve psalms numbered as 50 and 73–83 in the Masoretic Text, and as 49 and 72–82 in the Septuagint. They are located in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible (which is also called th ...
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Asaph the Jew
Asaph the Jew ( , ''Asaph HaYehudi''), also known as Asaph ben Berechiah and Asaph the Physician ( ''Asaph HaRofè'') is a figure mentioned in the ancient Jewish medical text the ''Sefer Refuot'' (lit. “Book of Medicines”). Thought by some to ...
, 6th-century Jewish physician, author of:
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Book of Asaph''
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Saint Asaph
Saint Asaph (or Asaf, Asa) was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph.
Biography
No traditional Welsh language, Welsh account devoted to the life of Asaph exists. He is, ...
, first bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph in Wales
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Diocese of St Asaph
The Diocese of Saint Asaph is a diocese of the Church in Wales in north-east Wales, named after Saint Asaph, its second bishop.
Geography
The Anglican Diocese of St Asaph in the north-east corner of Wales stretches from the borders of Cheste ...
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St Asaph
St Asaph (; "church on the Elwy") is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and community (Wales), community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the community had a population ...
, a city in North Wales
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''Asaph'' (album)
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Asaph Hall
Asaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of doubl ...
, 19th century astronomer
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Asaph Hall Jr., son of the above
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Asaph Fipke, Canadian animator
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