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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:

  1. to tie, bind, imprison
    1. (Qal)
      1. to tie, bind
      2. to tie, harness
      3. to bind (with cords)
      4. to gird (rare and late)
      5. to begin the battle, make the attack
      6. of obligation of oath (figurative)
    2. (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound
    3. (Pual) to be taken prisoner

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 141

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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