STRONGS NUMBER H615


Word Summary
asir: a bondman, prisoner
Original Word: אָסִיר
Transliteration: asir
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sere')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a bondman, prisoner
Meaning: a bondman, prisoner
Strong's Concordance
those which are bound, prisoner

From 'acar; bound, i.e. A captive -- (those which are) bound, prisoner.

see HEBREW 'acar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H615. asir

אָסִירnoun masculineGenesis 39:20 bondman, prisoner (Arabic , Aramaic , MI אסר‎) — ׳א‎ absolute Psalm 79:11; 102:21; plural אֲסִירִםGenesis 39:22 +, compare Judges 16:21, 25 Kt; construct אֲסִירֵיPsalm 107:10 +, Genesis 39:20 Qr; אֲסִירָיוPsalm 69:34 +, etc.; — Prisoner Genesis 39:20, 22 (J), elsewhere only poetic; Isaiah 14:17; as having rest in grave from task-master Job 3:18; especially as object of divine compassion Psalm 68:7 ("" יָתִיר‎), 69:34 ("" אֶבְיוֺן‎); א ׳אֶנְקַת79:11; 102:21 (both "" תְמוּתָה בְּנֵי‎), 107:10 ׳א וּבַרְזֶל עֳנִי‎ ("" וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת חשֶׁח ישְׁבֵי‎); compare ׳א אָ֑רֶץLamentations 3:34; specifically of liberated exiles of Israel Zechariah 9:11, called captives of hope ׳א הַתִּקְוָה9:12.