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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אָסַר
אָסַר
H631
Transliteration: ʼâçar
Pronunciation: aw-sar'
Definition: bind
Original: אסר Transliteration: 'âsar Phonetic: aw-sar'
BDB Definition:
- to tie, bind, imprison
- (Qal)
- to tie, bind
- to tie, harness
- to bind (with cords)
- to gird (rare and late)
- to begin the battle, make the attack
- of obligation of oath (figurative)
- (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound
- (Pual) to be taken prisoner
- (Qal)