# H6214 עֲשָׂהאֵל

עֲשָׂהאֵל (ʻĂsâhʼêl), Strong’s H6214: Asahel, the name of four Israelites KJV: Asahel.. Occurs 23 times.

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*ʻĂsâhʼêl* — Asahel, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Asahel.

Built from [עָשָׂה ʻâsâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6213) (to do or make) + [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) — means “God has made”

Occurs 23 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֲשָׂהאֵל 18 n.pr.m.
- 1 brother of Joab and Abishai
- 2 Levites
- 3 post-exil. name

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 2:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=18) — The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
- [2 Samuel 2:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=19) — Asahel pursued Abner. He didn’t turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
- [2 Samuel 2:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=20) — Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is.”
- [2 Samuel 2:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=21) — Abner said to him, “Turn away to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.”…
- [2 Samuel 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=22) — Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I look…
- [2 Samuel 2:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=23) — However, he refused to turn away. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the…
- [2 Samuel 2:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=30) — Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and…
- [2 Samuel 2:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=32) — They took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night…
- [2 Samuel 3:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=27) — When Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and…
- [2 Samuel 3:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=30) — So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.