Hebrew noun (masculine) · H615
אָסִיר
asiraw-sere'
prisoner
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâçîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H615is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H615
bound, i.e. a captive
The King James renders it: (those which are) bound, prisoner.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
asir is rendered "prisoner". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 39:20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
Genesis 39:20אֲסִירֵ֥י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eleven uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- prisoners of3
- prisoners2
- prisoners his2
- O prisoners of1
- prisoner1
- prisoners your1
- the prisoners1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָסִיף | asiph | ingathering | Uses2 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲסִירֵ֖י2
- אָסִ֑יר1
- אֲסִירֵ֥י1
- אֲסִ֥ירֵי1
- אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו1
- אֲסִירָ֖יו1
- אֲסִירַ֙יִךְ֙1
- אֲ֭סִירִים1
- אֲסִירִ֣ים1
- הָ֣אֲסִירִ֔ם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Genesis
two uses
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- אֲסִירֵ֥יʾasureinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prisoners of
And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
- הָ֣אֲסִירִ֔םhaasirimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the prisoners
Job
one use
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
- אֲסִירִ֣יםʾasirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
Psalms
four uses
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- אֲ֭סִירִיםʾasirimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
- אֲ֝סִירָ֗יוʾasiravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: prisoners his
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
- אָסִ֑ירʾasirnoun · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- אֲסִירֵ֖יʾasireinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prisoners of
Isaiah
one use
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
- אֲסִירָ֖יוʾasiravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: prisoners his
Lamentations
one use
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
- אֲסִ֥ירֵיʾasireinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prisoners of
Zechariah
two uses
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
- אֲסִירַ֙יִךְ֙ʾasirayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: prisoners your
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- אֲסִירֵ֖יʾasireinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O prisoners of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.