H632 אֱסָר (ʼĕçâr) es-sawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

injunction

Strong's Definition

an obligation or vow (of abstinence)

Derivation: or אִסָּר; from H631 (אָסַר);

KJV Usage: binding, bond.

TWOT Reference: 141d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bond, binding obligation, obligation

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אִסָּר (e.sar) — injunction. bond, binding obligation, obligation Aramaic equivalent: e.sar (אֱסָר "injunction" H0633)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אִסָּר (H0632)

noun m · אסר

Vow

vow (of abstinence) = a solemn and (usually) binding statement that one will abstain from a certain activity for a certain amount of time

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Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אִסָּר n.m. bond, binding obligation base

Bible Occurrences (10)

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Numbers 30:2

If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised....

Numbers 30:3

And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

Numbers 30:4

and her father hears about her vow or pledge [but] says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself...... shall stand.

Numbers 30:5

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

Numbers 30:7

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day -, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:10

If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation... with an oath,

Numbers 30:11

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself... shall stand.

Numbers 30:12

But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing... that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband... has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.