אָסִיר
a.sir
“prisoner”
Definition
bound, i.e. a captive
from H631 (אָסַר);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אָסִיר appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined.While Joseph was there in the prison,
And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
who turned the world into a desertand destroyed its cities,who refused to let the captivesreturn to their homes?”
The captives enjoy their ease;they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
To crush underfootall the prisoners of the land,
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