Lexicon asir: a bondman, prisoner Original Word: אָסִירPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: asir Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sere') Short Definition: prisoners NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom asarDefinitiona bondman, prisoner NASB Translationprisoner (2), prisoners (10).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אָסִיר noun masculineGenesis 39:20 bondman, prisoner (Arabic  , Aramaic  , MI אסר) — ׳א absolute Psalm 79:11; Psalm 102:21; plural אֲסִירִם Genesis 39:22 +, compare Judges 16:21,25 Kt; construct אֲסִירֵי Psalm 107:10 +, Genesis 39:20 Qr; אֲסִירָיו Psalm 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), Psalm 69:34 ("" אֶבְיוֺן); ׳אֶנְקַת א Psalm 79:11; Psalm 102:21 (both "" בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה), Psalm 107:10 עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל ׳א ("" ישְׁבֵי חשֶׁח וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת); compare אָ֑רֶץ ׳א Lamentations 3:34; specifically of liberated exiles of Israel Zechariah 9:11, called captives of hope הַתִּקְוָה ׳א Zechariah 9:12. Strong's those which are bound, prisoner From 'acar; bound, i.e. A captive -- (those which are) bound, prisoner. see HEBREW 'acar |
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