Asa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אָסָא‎ ('asa', “doctor, healer”).

Proper noun

Asa

  1. A king of Judah mentioned in the Book of Kings.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings 15:9-11:
      :
      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 first used by Puritans.

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Romanization

Asa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あさ
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