Hebrew word · H617

אַסִּיר

'asir

Assir

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.24;

son of: Korah (H7141I);

brother of: Elkanah (H0511) and Ebiasaph (H0043)

§ Assir = "prisoner"

1) a son of Korah

2) a son of Ebiasaph

3) a son of Jeconiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 6:24 אַסִּ֥יר [were] Assir

    The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:22 אַסִּ֥יר Assir

    The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:23 וְאַסִּ֥יר and Assir

    Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:37 אַסִּ֔יר Assir

    the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

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