ʼĕçâr — H632

Definition

masculine noun

an obligation or vow (of abstinence)

1. bond, binding obligation, obligation

Usually translated as

bond, binding

Origin

or ʼiççâr; from H631

• Derived from ʼâçar (H631)

Occurrences

ʼĕçâr occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (10)

• Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond (אִסָּר֙); 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 herself by a bond (אִסָּ֛ר), being in her father’s house in her youth;
• Numbers 30:4 — And her father hear her vow, and her bond (וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ֙) 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 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 (אִסָּ֛ר) wherewith she hath bound 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 (וֶֽאֱסָרֶ֛יהָ) wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
• 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 (וֶֽאֱסָרֶ֛הָ) wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 30:10 — And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond (אִסָּ֛ר) 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 (אִסָּ֛ר) wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 30:12 — But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond (וּלְאִסַּ֥ר) of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
• Numbers 30:13 — Every vow, and every binding (אִסָּ֖ר) oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
• Numbers 30:14 — But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds (אֱסָרֶ֖יהָ), which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.