Quick Definition
to bind
Strong's Definition
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
TWOT Reference: 141
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָסַר (a.sar) — to bind. 1) to tie, bind, imprison 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tie, bind 1a2) to tie, harness 1a3) to bind (with cords) 1a4) to gird (rare and late) 1a5) to begin the battle, make the attack 1a6) of obligation of oath (figurative) 1b) (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound 1c) (Pual) to be taken prisoner
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אֵסוּר · אָסִיר · אַסִּיר · אִסָּר · מֹוסֵר · מָסֹרֶת · אֵסוּר · מֹוסֵר · מֹוסֵרָה · מֹוסֵרֹות
Bind | verb qal, verb nif
to tie, to bind = causative action by which humans tie (part of) the body of (other) humans or animals with a rope, cord, or chain ► in order to keep them under control
GEN 42:24 · GEN 49:11 · JDG 15:10 · JDG 15:12 · JDG 15:13 · JDG 15:13 · JDG 15:13 · JDG 16:5 · JDG 16:6 · JDG 16:7 · JDG 16:8 · JDG 16:10 · JDG 16:11 · JDG 16:11 · JDG 16:12 · JDG 16:13 · JDG 16:21 · 2SA 3:34 · 2KI 7:10 · 2KI 7:10 · 2KI 25:7 · 2CH 33:11 · 2CH 36:6 · PSA 118:27 · PSA 149:8 · JER 39:7 · JER 40:1 · JER 52:11 · EZK 3:25
Bind | verb qal
to harness = to fit an animal with a set of straps around its head ► so that one can ride it
Bind | verb qal
to harness = to fit an animal, or a pair of animals, with a set of straps or a yoke and tie it to a vehicle ► so that one can travel
GEN 46:29 · EXO 14:6 · 1SA 6:7 · 1SA 6:10 · 1KI 18:44 · 2KI 9:21 · 2KI 9:21
Dress | verb qal sg
Collocation: אַסוּרִים
to strap, to gird = to attach a weapon to one's body + using a belt
Dress | verb qal
to tie, to bind, to fasten = to attach a strip of cloth to someone else's body; ≈ associated with low status
Control | verb qal sg
prisoner, captive = to be held by someone else, either in a prison or in another situation in which one does not have the freedom to act and go at will; ≈ usually regarded as hardship
GEN 39:20 · GEN 40:3 · GEN 40:5 · JOB 36:8 · PSA 146:7 · ECC 4:14 · SNG 7:6 · ISA 49:9 · ISA 61:1
Control | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to capture, to imprison, to hold prisoner = causative action by which humans hold other humans under control, either in a prison or in another situation in which that person does not have the freedom to act and go at will; ≈ regarded as hardship
GEN 42:16 · GEN 42:19 · 2KI 17:4 · 2KI 23:33 · JOB 36:13 · PSA 105:22 · ISA 22:3 · ISA 22:3 · HOS 10:10
Vow | verb qal
Collocation: אסר אִסָּר
to vow, to take a vow = to make a solemn and (usually) binding statement that one will abstain from a certain activity or engage in a certain activity for a certain amount of time
NUM 30:3 · NUM 30:4 · NUM 30:5 · NUM 30:5 · NUM 30:6 · NUM 30:7 · NUM 30:8 · NUM 30:9 · NUM 30:10 · NUM 30:11 · NUM 30:12
1 PSA 118:27 NJPS HOTTP | RSV NIV NJB REB NRSV GNT CEV HOTTP to line up (of pilgrims in front of the altar) 2 HOS 10:10 NIV "to put in bonds" CEV "put in chains" [a] | RSV REB "to chastise" NJB NRSV GNT "to punish", interpreting the word as from the root יסר | NJPS "to harness" = [b]. For the options, see Andersen/Freedman | Rudolph, Hosea, p.199. 3 ECC 4:14 MT הָסוּרִים read as הָאֲסוּרִים with some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate 4 GEN 39:20 MT-K אסורי | MT-Q אֲסִירֵי = אָסִיר 5 PSA 105:22 MT HOTTP-B NJPS "to discipline" CEV "with power over" | RSV NIV NJB NRSV "instruct" REB "to correct" = יסר 6 JDG 16:21 · JDG 16:25 MT-Q הָאֲסוּרִים | MT-K האסירים = אָסִיר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָסַר] vb. tie, bind, imprison Qal tie, bind, for security
tie, harness
bind, with cords
gird (rare & late)
begin the battle, make the attack
fig. of obligation of oath or vow
Niph. be bound, imprisoned
Pu. be taken prisoner
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