Esur אֵסוּר
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| אֵסוּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | esur |
| Strong's number | H612 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | bond |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (1) |
Esur (Hebrew אֵסוּר, Strong's H612) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bond”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bands (2), prison (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bonds (1), chains (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Esur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 15:14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.When 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
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And 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
- Jeremiah 37:15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.The 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).