{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H631",
  "lemma": "אָסַר",
  "transliteration": "ʼâçar",
  "definition": "to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle",
  "kjv": "bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in…",
  "occurrences": 71,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אָסַר] vb. tie, bind, imprison",
    "Qal",
    "1. tie, bind, for security",
    "2. tie, harness",
    "3. bind, with cords",
    "4. gird (rare & late)",
    "5. begin the battle, make the attack",
    "6. fig. of obligation of oath or vow",
    "Niph. be bound, imprisoned",
    "Pu. be taken prisoner"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:20",
      "text": "Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:3",
      "text": "He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:5",
      "text": "They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:16",
      "text": "Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:19",
      "text": "If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:24",
      "text": "He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 46:29",
      "text": "Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:11",
      "text": "Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:6",
      "text": "He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 30:3",
      "text": "When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/30?v=3"
    }
  ],
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