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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 39:20

• אֲסוּרִ֑יםʾasurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: imprisoned

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:3

• אָס֥וּרʾasurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: imprisoned

both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

Genesis 40:5

• אֲסוּרִ֖יםʾasurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: imprisoned

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:16

• הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּheaseruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be imprisoned

If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

Genesis 42:19

• יֵאָסֵ֖רyeaserverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him be imprisoned

And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

Genesis 42:24

• וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥רvaiyeesorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bound

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Genesis 46:29

• וַיֶּאְסֹ֤רvaiye'sorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he harnessed

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 49:11

• אֹסְרִ֤יʾoseriverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: binding

So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.

Exodus 14:6

• וַיֶּאְסֹ֖רvaiye'sorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he harnessed

If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

Numbers 30:2

• לֶאְסֹ֤רle'sorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind

And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

Numbers 30:3

• וְאָסְרָ֥הveaserahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will bind

and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:4

• אָֽסְרָ֣הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound
• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

Numbers 30:5

• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,

Numbers 30:6

• אָסְרָ֖הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:7

• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.

Numbers 30:8

• אָסְרָ֖הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

Numbers 30:9

• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Numbers 30:10

• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she bound

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:11

• אָסְרָ֥הʾaserahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has bound

“Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”

Judges 15:10

• לֶאֱס֤וֹרleesorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind

But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”

Judges 15:12

• לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣leesarekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to bind you

“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.

Judges 15:13

• אָסֹ֤רʾasorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to bind
• נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙neesarekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: we will bind you
• וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּvaiyaasruhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they bound him

The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

Judges 16:5

• וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּvaasarnuhuHc/Vqq1cp/Sp3mstagged: and we will bind him

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Judges 16:6

• תֵאָסֵ֖רteaserverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you be bound

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:7

• יַאַסְרֻ֗נִיyaasruniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: people will bind me

So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.

Judges 16:8

• וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּvataasrehuHc/Vqw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she bound him

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

Judges 16:10

• תֵּאָסֵֽר׃teaserverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you be bound

He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:11

• אָס֤וֹרʾasorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to bind
• יַאַסְר֙וּנִי֙yaasruniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they will bind me

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

Judges 16:12

• וַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּvataasrehuHc/Vqw3fs/Sp3mstagged: and she bound him

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:13

• תֵּאָסֵ֑רteaserverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you be bound

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Judges 16:21

• וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙vaiyaasruhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they bound him
• הָאֲסוּרִֽים׃haasirimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: those imprisoned

And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

Judges 16:25

• הָאֲסוּרִ֗יםhaasirimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: those imprisoned

Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

1 Samuel 6:7

• וַאֲסַרְתֶּ֤םvaasartemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will harness

So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.

1 Samuel 6:10

• וַיַּאַסְר֖וּםvaiyaasrumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they harnessed them

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

2 Samuel 3:34

• אֲסֻר֗וֹתʾasurotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: bound

On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

1 Kings 18:44

• אֱסֹ֣רʾesorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: harness

“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

1 Kings 20:14

• יֶאְסֹ֥רye'sorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he begin

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

2 Kings 7:10

• אָסוּר֙ʾasurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: tied up
• אָס֔וּרʾasurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: tied up

“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

2 Kings 9:21

• אֱסֹ֔רʾesorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: harness
• וַיֶּאְסֹ֖רvaiye'sorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and someone harnessed

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

2 Kings 17:4

• וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּvaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he confined him

And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kings 23:33

• וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ֩vaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he confined him

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7

• וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he bound him

Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

2 Chronicles 13:3

• וַיֶּאְסֹ֨רvaiye'sorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bound

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 33:11

• וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙vaiyaasruhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they bound him

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:6

• וַיַּֽאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he bound him

And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

Nehemiah 4:18

• אֲסוּרִ֥יםʾasurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: girded

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

Job 12:18

• וַיֶּאְסֹ֥רvaiye'sorHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bound

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Job 36:8

• אֲסוּרִ֥יםʾasurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: bound

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Job 36:13

• אֲסָרָֽם׃ʾasaramverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he has bound them

to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

Psalms 105:22

• לֶאְסֹ֣רle'sorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind

The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

Psalms 118:27

• אִסְרוּ־ʾisru-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bind

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

Psalms 146:7

• אֲסוּרִֽים׃ʾasurimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners

to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

Psalms 149:8

• לֶאְסֹ֣רle'sorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

• הָסוּרִ֖יםhasurimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: the prisoners

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Song of Solomon 7:5

• אָס֥וּרʾasurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: bound

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

Isaiah 22:3

• אֻסָּ֑רוּʾusaruverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been captured
• אֻסְּר֣וּʾuseruverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were captured

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Isaiah 49:9

• לַֽאֲסוּרִים֙laasurimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: to prisoners

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Isaiah 61:1

• וְלַאֲסוּרִ֖יםvelaasurimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: and to prisoners

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:7

• וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he bound him

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:1

• אָס֤וּרʾasurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: bound

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Jeremiah 46:4

• אִסְר֣וּʾisruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: harness

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

Jeremiah 52:11

• וַיַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּvaiyaasrehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he bound him

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

Ezekiel 3:25

• וַאֲסָר֖וּךָvaasarukhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp2mstagged: and they will bind you

I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.

Hosea 10:10

• בְּאָסְרָ֖םbeaserampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when harness them