Asa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew אָסָא ('asa', “doctor, healer”).

Proper noun

Asa

1. A king of Judah mentioned in the Book of Kings.
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     And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

2. A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.

Translations

biblical king

• Estonian: Aasa
• Finnish: Asa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Asa (pl) m, Aza (pl) m
• Portuguese: Asa m

male given name

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• AAS, AAs, SAA

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Japanese

Romanization

Asa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あさ