- Original: אסר - Transliteration: 'acar - Phonetic: aw-sar' - Definition: 1. to tie, bind, imprison a. (Qal) 1. to tie, bind 2. to tie, harness 3. to bind (with cords) 4. to gird (rare and late) 5. to begin the battle, make the attack 6. of obligation of oath (figurative) b. (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound c. (Pual) to be taken prisoner - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 141 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy to fasten in any sense to join battle: - bind fast gird harness hold keep make ready order prepare prison (-er) put in bonds set in array tie. Total KJV Occurrences: 70 • bands, 1 2 Kings 23:33 • bind, 11 Numbers 30:2; Numbers 30:3; Judges 15:10; Judges 15:12; Judges 16:5; Judges 16:7; Psalm 105:22; Psalm 118:27; Psalm 149:8; Ezekiel 3:25; Hosea 10:10 • bindeth, 1 Job 36:13 • Binding, 1 Genesis 49:11 • bound, 33 Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:3; Genesis 40:5; Genesis 42:19; Genesis 42:24; Numbers 30:4(2); Numbers 30:5; Numbers 30:6; Numbers 30:7; Numbers 30:8; Numbers 30:9; Numbers 30:10; Numbers 30:11; Judges 15:13; Judges 16:6; Judges 16:8; Judges 16:10; Judges 16:12; Judges 16:13; Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 25:7; 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6; Job 36:8; Isaiah 22:3(2); Isaiah 61:1; Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 52:11 • fast, 4 Judges 15:13(2); Judges 16:11(2) • girded, 1 Nehemiah 4:18 • girdeth, 1 Job 12:18 • Harness, 1 Jeremiah 46:4 • held, 1 Song of Songs 7:5 • order, 1 1 Kings 20:14 • Prepare, 1 1 Kings 18:44 • prison, 2 Genesis 42:16; Ecclesiastes 4:14 • prisoners, 2 Psalm 146:7; Isaiah 49:9 • ready, 4 Genesis 46:29; Exodus 14:6; 2 Kings 9:21(2) • set, 1 2 Chronicles 13:3 • tie, 1 1 Samuel 6:7 • tied, 3 1 Samuel 6:10; 2 Kings 7:10(2)