Strong's Lexicon

H616

H616 — אַסִּיר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewacciyrnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 14ic

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H616
Word:אַסִּיר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:for H615
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:acciyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:as-sere'
Meaning:1. prisoner
KJV Renderings:prisoners.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB639

אַסִּיר noun [masculine] mostly collective prisoners (according to Ol§ 185 a corruption of אָסִיר, compare LagBN 110) taken in battle Isa 10:4 (LagSymm i. 105; GGA 1884, 259 reads חַת אֹסִיר etc., Osiris is broken, but compare Checritical note.), Isa 24:22 (simile of judgment upon kings of earth); Isa 42:7 (|| ישְׁבֵי חשֶׁךְ ; reference to exiled Israel, but see also Hi Che Di); 1Chr 3:17 בְּנֵי יְכָנְיָה אַסִּר probably = sons of Jeconiah the captive (yet note omission of article) so Be Öttli and others; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 translated as proper name


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אסיר (as-seer’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: bow down under the prisoners, .4 prisoners are Rather in the pit, .2 to bring out the prisonera .7
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