Lexical Summary assir: prisoners Original Word: אַסִּירTransliteration: assir Phonetic Spelling: (as-sere') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: prisoners Meaning: bound, a captive Strong's Concordance prisonerFor 'aciyr: prisoner. see HEBREW 'aciyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H616. assir אַסִּיר noun [masculine] mostly collective prisoners (according to Ol§ 185 a corruption of אָסִיר, compare LagBN 110) taken in battle Isaiah 10:4 (LagSymm i. 105; GGA 1884, 259 reads אֹסִיר חַת etc., Osiris is broken, but compare Checritical note.), 24:22 (simile of judgment upon kings of earth); 42:7 ("" חשֶׁךְ ישְׁבֵי; reference to exiled Israel, but see also Hi Che Di); 1 Chronicles 3:17 אַסִּר יְכָנְיָה בְּנֵי probably = sons of Jeconiah the captive (yet note omission of article) so Be Zö Öttli and others; ᵑ9 ᵐ5 translated as proper name |