Asaph = "gatherer"

1. the father of Hezekiah's secretary

2. a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David

3. a Persian officer over the royal forest

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Bakbakkar = "searcher"

1. a Levite, apparently a descendant of Asaph

Galal = "influential"

1. a Levite, one of the sons of Asaph

2. a third Levite, son of Jeduthun

Zichri = "memorable"

1. the father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David

2. the father of Amasiah, a descendant of Judah

3. a son of Izhar and grandson of Kohath

4. a descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses

5. a son of Asaph, elsewhere called 'Zabdi' and 'Zaccur'

6. a priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

7. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shimhi

8. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shashak

9. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Jeroham

10. father of Joel and descendant of Benjamin

11. a father of Elishaphat, one of the conspirators with Jehoiada

12. a Ephraimite hero in the invading army of Pekah the son of Remaliah

Heresh = "mute"

1. a Levite attached to the tabernacle

Micha = "who is like God"

1. son of Mephibosheth

2. a Levite who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

3. father of Mattaniah, a Gershonite Levite and descendant of Asaph

Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"

1. the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'

2. a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David

3. a Levite of the family of Asaph

4. a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah

5. a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir

6. a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat

7. another Levite in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah

9. a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

10. a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

11. a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

12. a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra