Strong's Lexicon

H632

H632 — אֱסָר אִסָּר

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

Hebrewecarnoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 141d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H632
Word:אֱסָר אִסָּר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H631
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:ecar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:es-sawr' (or riccar {is-sawr'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
KJV Renderings:binding, bond.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB641

אִסָּר noun masculine Num 30:8 bond, binding obligation (compare Biblical Aramaic אֱסָר, Syriac [untranscribed source text 352]; so forms with suffix below see BaNB 62 compare Sta§ 208 a; but perhaps Aramaic loan-word see LagBN 175) — ׳ א absolute Num 30:3 +; construct v.Num 30:13 suffix אֶסְרָהּ v.Num 30:5 plural suffix אֱסָרֶיהָ v.Num 30:6 v.Num 30:15, אֱסָרֶהָ v.Num 30:8 — only Num 30 ( P ), binding obligation of oath or vow; mostly accusative of cognate meaning with verb אָסַר (q. v.); Num 30:3; Num 30:4 ; Num 30:5 (twice in verse); Num 30:6 ; Num 30:8; Num 30:11; Num 30:12 אִסָּר נַפְשָׁהּ v.Num 30:13 שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר binding oath v.Num 30:14.


BDB9327

אסר (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָסַר ] bind, אֵסוּר bond, אִסָּר binding obligation).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אסר (ēsahr)

Daniel 6:7

KJV: All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.decree: or, interdict
EHCC: (8).make a firm decree, (marg. interdict )
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