אָסִיר
ʼâçîyr · aw-sere'
bound, i.e. a captive
Lexicon
Derivation: from H631 (אָסַר);
bound, i.e. a captive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (those which are) bound, prisoner.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to support and uphold › the hand that works › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to support and uphold of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָסִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all the prisoners2 · 17%
- of the prisoner2 · 17%
- prisoners1 · 8%
- there the prisoners1 · 8%
- those which are bound1 · 8%
- not his prisoners1 · 8%
- being bound1 · 8%
- of his prisoners1 · 8%
- thy prisoners1 · 8%
- ye prisoners1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.