H609. Asa אָסָא proper name, masculine (perhaps healer) king of Judah, son of Abijam and father of Jehoshaphat 1Kin 15:8-9, 11 24t. 1Kings 15..16.22; 1Chr 3:10; 9:16; 2Chron 13:23 28t. 14-21; Jer 41:9. **Perhaps apocopatic theophoric name, compare רְפָאֵל. II. אסה (compare Arabic be sorrowful, distressed).