אָסַר
ʼâçar · aw-sar'
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- to yoke or hitch
- by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
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
- 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 head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to support and uphold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָסַר 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
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 61 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bound7 · 17%
- to bind5 · 12%
- wherewith she bound4 · 10%
- wherewith she hath bound3 · 7%
- unto her, if they bind2 · 5%
- tied2 · 5%
- and he made ready1 · 2%
- binding1 · 2%
- made ready1 · 2%
- be bound1 · 2%
- me, i pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound1 · 2%
- thee. and they bound1 · 2%
- and ye shall be kept in prison1 · 2%
- and bind1 · 2%
- no; but we will bind1 · 2%
- or bound1 · 2%
- wherewith they have bound1 · 2%
- thee fast1 · 2%
- which were bound1 · 2%
- against him, that we may bind1 · 2%
- lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound1 · 2%
- and she bound1 · 2%
- was bound1 · 2%
- me fast1 · 2%
- were bound1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.