Definition

an obligation or vow (of abstinence)

Etymology

or אִסָּר; from H631 (אָסַר);

Word family

• אָסַר ʼâçar

How the KJV renders it

• binding
• bond

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.