1) band, bond 2) house of bonds, prison (figurative) Aramaic equivalent: e.sur (אֱסוּר "bond" H0613)
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H612 — אֵסוּר
e.sur · bond · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 15:14 · אֱסוּרָ֖יוWhen Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.Ecclesiastes 7:26 · אֲסוּרִ֣יםAnd I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.Jeremiah 37:15 · הָאֵס֗וּרThe officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.