Usually translated as
bind, fast, make ready, prison, harness, order, prepare, tie, gird, hold, keep, prisoner, put in bonds, set in array
Occurrences
ʼâçar occurs 70 times in 63 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (1), Numbers (10), Judges (12), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 39:20 — And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound (אֲסוּרִ֑ים): and he was there in the prison.
- Genesis 40:3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound (אָס֥וּר).
- Genesis 40:5 — And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound (אֲסוּרִ֖ים) in the prison.
- Genesis 42:16 — Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison (הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ), that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
- Genesis 42:19 — If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound (יֵאָסֵ֖ר) in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- Genesis 42:24 — And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound (וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר) him before their eyes.
- Genesis 46:29 — And Joseph made ready (וַיֶּאְסֹ֤ר) his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 49:11 — Binding (אֹסְרִ֤י) his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
- Exodus 14:6 — And he made ready (וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר) his chariot, and took his people with him:
- Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind (לֶאְסֹ֤ר) his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
- Numbers 30:3 — If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind (וְאָסְרָ֥ה) herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;
- Numbers 30:4 — And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound (אָֽסְרָ֣ה) her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:4 — And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:5 — But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
- Numbers 30:6 — And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound (אָסְרָ֖ה) her soul;
- Numbers 30:7 — And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:8 — But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound (אָסְרָ֖ה) her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
- Numbers 30:9 — But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) their souls, shall stand against her.
- Numbers 30:10 — And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) her soul by a bond with an oath;
- Numbers 30:11 — And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound (אָסְרָ֥ה) her soul shall stand.
- Judges 15:10 — And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind (לֶאֱס֤וֹר) Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
- Judges 15:12 — And they said unto him, We are come down to bind (לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣) thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
- Judges 15:13 — And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast (אָסֹ֤ר), and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
- Judges 15:13 — And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast (וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ), and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
- Judges 15:13 — And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound (נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙) him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
- Judges 16:5 — And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind (וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ) him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- Judges 16:6 — And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound (תֵאָסֵ֖ר) to afflict thee.
- Judges 16:7 — And Samson said unto her, If they bind (יַאַסְרֻ֗נִי) me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- Judges 16:8 — Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound (וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ) him with them.
- Judges 16:10 — And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound (תֵּאָסֵֽר).
- Judges 16:11 — And he said unto her, If they bind me fast (יַאַסְר֙וּנִי֙) with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- Judges 16:11 — And he said unto her, If they bind me fast (אָס֤וֹר) with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- Judges 16:12 — Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound (וַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ) him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
- Judges 16:13 — And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound (תֵּאָסֵ֑ר). And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judges 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound (וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙) him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 — Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie (וַאֲסַרְתֶּ֤ם) the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
- 1 Samuel 6:10 — And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied (וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם) them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
- 2 Samuel 3:34 — Thy hands were not bound (אֲסֻר֗וֹת), nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
- 1 Kings 18:44 — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare (אֱסֹ֣ר) thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
- 1 Kings 20:14 — And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order (יֶאְסֹ֥ר) the battle? And he answered, Thou.
- 2 Kings 7:10 — So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied (אָסוּר֙), and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 7:10 — So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied (אָס֔וּר), and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 9:21 — And Joram said, Make ready (אֱסֹ֔ר). And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 2 Kings 9:21 — And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready (וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר). And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 2 Kings 17:4 — And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound (וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ) him in prison.
- 2 Kings 23:33 — And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands (וַיַּאַסְרֵהוּ֩) at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- 2 Kings 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound (וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙) him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3 — And Abijah set (וַיֶּאְסֹ֨ר) the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound (וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙) him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 — Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound (וַיַּֽאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙) him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.