Lexical Definition

‎אָסִיר‎ ʼâçîyr (aw-sere') prisoner ^H:N-M
from ‎אָסַר‎

(those which are) bound, prisoner.

• bound, i.e. a captive

1) prisoner, captive, bondman

See Greek: δεσμωτήριον · φυλακή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָסִיר‎ noun masculine^{Gen 39:20} bondman, prisoner (Arabic , Aramaic , MI ‎אסר‎) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Ps 79:11; Ps 102:21* plural ‎אֲסִירִם‎ Gen 39:22 +, compare Judg 16:21; Judg 16:25 Kt; construct ‎אֲסִירֵי‎ Ps 107:10 +, Gen 39:20 Qr; ‎אֲסִירָיו‎ Ps 69:34* +, etc.; — Prisoner Gen 39:20; Gen 39:22 (J), elsewhere only poetic; Isa 14:17 as having rest in grave from task-master Job 3:18 especially as object of divine compassion Ps 68:7* (|| ‎יָתִיר‎), Ps 69:34* (|| ‎אֶבְיוֺן‎); ‎׳‎‎אֶנְקַת א‎ Ps 79:11; Ps 102:21* (both || ‎בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה‎), Ps 107:10 ‎עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (|| ‎ישְׁבֵי חשֶׁח וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת‎); compare ‎אָ֑רֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Lam 3:34 specifically of liberated exiles of Israel Zech 9:11, called captives of hope ‎הַתִּקְוָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ vZech 9:12.

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