אַסִּיר
asir · prisoner
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H616 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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asir (אַסִּיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prisoner”.
Captive; one who is chained or shut in.
How to say it
a·sir
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One locked up in jail.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- prisoner ×2
- prisoners ×2
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 79:11
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve alive the sons of death.
- Isaiah 10:4
Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners, and among the slain they will fall. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.
- Isaiah 24:22
And they will be gathered in a gathering as prisoners in the pit, and they will be shut up in the prison, and after many days they will be visited.
- Isaiah 42:7
to open blind eyes, to bring out from confinement the prisoner, from the prison house those who dwell in darkness.