אָסַר asar

Hebrew word for “to bind” · Strong’s H631 · used 72 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1) to tie, bind, imprison;

How it is translated

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

• bound 17
• has bound 9
• bind 6
• will bind 5
• imprisoned 4
• prisoners 4
• harnessed 3
• will you be bound 3
• harness 3
• those imprisoned 2
• tied up 2
• confined 2

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 30 (10), Judges 16 (10), Genesis 42 (3), Judges 15 (3), Genesis 40 (2), 1 Samuel 6 (2), Job 36 (2), Genesis 39 (1), Genesis 46 (1), Genesis 49 (1)

Forms

• אסרה 9
• ויאסרהו 8
• אסור 6
• ויאסר 6
• אסורים 5
• אסרו 4
• לאסר 3
• אסר 3
• תאסר 3
• יאסר 2

Words used with it

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

• אִסָּר esar “injunction” 7
• נֶדֶר neder “vow” 9
• שִׁמְשׁוֹן shimshon “Samson” 8
• נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 7
• אִם im “if” 11
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 10
• עֲבֹת avot “cord” 5
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 10
• דְּלִילָה delilah “Delilah” 4
• הָ ha “her” 7
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 6
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 8

Key verses

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

• Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out…
• Judges 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
• Judges 16:25 — And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison…
• 2 Kings 23:33 — And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents…
• 2 Kings 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and…
• 2 Chronicles 36:6 — Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
• Psalms 118:27 — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
• Psalms 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
• Song of Solomon 7:5 — Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
• Isaiah 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all…
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…

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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.