Bible Dictionary
BAASEIAH
Baaseiah was an ancestor of Asaph, the temple musician. His name may mean “the Lord is bold” or possibly represent a form meaning “the work of the Lord.”
Definition
Baaseiah was an ancestor of Asaph, the temple musician. The name is explained as possibly meaning “the Lord is bold,” though it may also represent a form meaning “the work of the Lord.”
Biblical Usage
Baaseiah appears in the genealogy of Asaph, who served as a musician. His biblical significance is therefore chiefly genealogical and connected with temple music.
Historical Background
The name has more than one proposed explanation in the supplied material. One possibility connects it with the Lord’s boldness; another treats it as a form of Maaseiah, “the work of the Lord.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ba-a-si'a, ba-a-se'-ya ba`aseyah, ("the Lord is bold"): Perhaps for ma`aseyah, after the Greek Maasai, B, Maasai, "the work of the Lord." Compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 293. An ancestor of Asaph, the musician (1Ch 6:40).</p>