אָסִיר asir

Hebrew word for “prisoner” · Strong’s H615 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

prisoner, captive, bondman

How it is translated

Glosses given for asir in context, with how often each is used:

• prisoners 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 39 (2), Zechariah 9 (2), Job 3 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 102 (1), Psalms 107 (1), Isaiah 14 (1), Lamentations 3 (1)

Forms

• אסירי 4
• אסירים 2
• אסיריו 2
• האסירם 1
• אסיר 1
• אסיריך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with asir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סֹהַר sohar “prison” 2
• פָּתַח patach “to open” 2
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 3
• גַּם gam “also” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 2
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2

Key verses

The verses using asir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 39:20 — And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
• Genesis 39:22 — And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
• Job 3:18 — There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
• Psalms 68:6 — God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
• Psalms 69:33 — For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
• Psalms 102:20 — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
• Psalms 107:10 — Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
• Isaiah 14:17 — That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
• Lamentations 3:34 — To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
• Zechariah 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
• Zechariah 9:12 — Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.