H615 - אָסִיר (ʼâçîyr)

H615 אָסִיר (ʼâçîyr) aw-sere'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

prisoner

Strong's Definition

bound, i.e. a captive

Derivation: from H631 (אָסַר);

KJV Usage: (those which are) bound, prisoner.

TWOT Reference: 141b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) prisoner, captive, bondman

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1201 G5438

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

prisoner, captive, bondman

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָסִיר âsý̂yr BDB Definition: 1) prisoner, captive, bondman Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H631 Same Word by TWOT Number: 141b Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (12)

39:22

16:21 16:25

3:18

68:6 69:33 102:20 107:10

14:17

3:34

9:11 9:12

Genesis 39:22

And the warden...... put all the prisoners... under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

Judges 16:21

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison....

Judges 16:25

And while their hearts were merry, they said, Call for Samson to entertain us. So they called Samson out of the prison... to entertain them.... And they stationed him between the pillars.

Job 3:18

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Isaiah 14:17

who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?

Lamentations 3:34

To crush underfoot... all the prisoners of the land,

Zechariah 9:11

As for you, because of the blood of [My] covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless... pit.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.