Strong’s H615 · Hebrew

אָסִיר
ʼâçîyr
aw-sere'

Definition

bound, i.e. a captive

Etymology

from H631 (אָסַר);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • (those which are) bound
  • prisoner

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.