אָסַר (ʾāsar) is a Hebrew verb meaning tie. It appears 73 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H631).

Also rendered

• to bind

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 141)

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

• אָסִיר ʾāsîr — bondman
• מוֹסֵר môsēr — band
• אִסָּר ʾissār — bond
• אַסִּיר ʾassîr — prisoners
• אֵסוּר ʾēsûr — band
• מָסֹרֶת māsōret — bond of the covenant

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