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

אָסִיר (a.sir) — prisoner. prisoner, captive, bondman

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אָסִיר (H0615)

noun m · אסר

People

prisoner, captive = person who is locked up in a prison or other location where one does not have the freedom to act and go at will

GEN 39:20 · GEN 39:22 · JOB 3:18 · PSA 68:7 · PSA 69:34 · PSA 79:11 · PSA 102:21 · PSA 107:10 · ISA 14:17 · LAM 3:34 · ZEC 9:11 · ZEC 9:12

¹ JDG 16:21 · JDG 16:25 MT-K בית האסירים | MT-Q בֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָסִיר n.m. bondman, prisoner base

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.