אָסִירʼâçîyr
bondman, prisoner (Genesis 39:20; Psalms 79:11; Psalms 102:21; Genesis 39:22; Judges 16:21)
Pronunciation: aw-sere' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H615
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 39:20 So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.
- Genesis 39:22 Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison.
- Job 3:18 Even captives are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them.
- Psalms 68:6 God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
- Psalms 69:33 For the Lord hears the cries of the needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people.
- Psalms 102:20 to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).