אָסִיר (ʾāsîr) is a Hebrew noun meaning bondman. It appears 13 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H615).

Also rendered

• prisoner

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 141b)

Root family 141: אָסַר ʾāsar — tie, bind, harness, gird, imprison. (KJV, ASV, and RSV render similarly, tie, bind, imprison.)

• אָסַר ʾāsar — tie
• מוֹסֵר môsēr — band
• אִסָּר ʾissār — bond
• אַסִּיר ʾassîr — prisoners
• אֵסוּר ʾēsûr — band
• מָסֹרֶת māsōret — bond of the covenant

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