Assir

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Assir . 1 . A son of Korab (  Exodus 6:24 ,   1 Chronicles 6:22 ). 2 . A son of Ebiasaph (  1 Chronicles 6:23;   1 Chronicles 6:37 ). 3 . A son of Jeconiah (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] of   1 Chronicles 3:17 ). It is probable, however, that RV [Note: Revised Version.] correctly renders ‘Jeconiah the captive .’

Smith's Bible Dictionary

As'sir. (Captive).

1. Son of Korah.  Exodus 6:24;  1 Chronicles 6:22.

2. Son of Ebiasaph, and a forefather of Samuel  1 Chronicles 6:23;  1 Chronicles 6:37.

3. Son of Jeconiah,  1 Chronicles 3:17, unless "Jeconiah the captive" be the true rendering.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Exodus 6:24;  1 Chronicles 6:22.

2.  1 Chronicles 6:23;  1 Chronicles 6:37.

3.  1 Chronicles 3:17.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Exodus 6:24 Numbers 16:1-35 2 1 Chronicles 6:23 1 Chronicles 6:37 3 1 Chronicles 3:17

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Korah.  Exodus 6:24;  1 Chronicles 6:22 .

2. Son of Ebiasaph.  1 Chronicles 6:23,37 .

3. Son of Jeconiah.  1 Chronicles 3:17 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Assir', אִסִּיר , Prisoner), the name of two or three men.

1. (Sept. Ἀσείρ v. r. Ἀσήρ .) A son of Korah (of the Kohathite Levites), father (brother) of Elkanah, and grandfather (brother) of Abiasaph (q.v.) or Ebia.' saph ( Exodus 6:24;  1 Chronicles 6:22). B.C. cir. 1740.

2. (Sept. Ἀσείρ v. r. Ι᾿Σσαάρ or Ι᾿Σαάρ and Ασήρ .) A great-grandson of the preceding, and father of Tahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:23;  1 Chronicles 6:37). B.C. cir. 1620. See Samuel There is some suspicion, however, that the name here has crept in by repetition from the preceding (see Jour. of Sac. Lit. Apr. 1852, p. 200; comp. Bertheau, Comment. in .loc.).

3. "Assir" ( אִסִּר , Sept. Ἀσείρ v. r. Ἀσίρ ) occurs ( 1 Chronicles 3:17) as the name of a son of Jeconiah the king, but it is more likely an appellative, referring to the captivity of that prince at Babylon (see Strong's Harmony And Exposition Of The Gospels, note 1, at the close of § 9). (See Jehoiachin).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

as´ẽr ( אסּיר , 'aṣṣı̄r , "captive"):

(1) A L evite of the family of Korah ( Exodus 6:24;  1 Chronicles 6:22 ).

(2) A son of Ebiasaph and grandson of Assir. Samuel was descended from him ( 1 Chronicles 6:23 ).

(3) A son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, according to the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin and the American Revised Version, margin. It is a question whether the Assir of this passage ( 1 Chronicles 3:17 ) is not a common adjective modifying Jeconiah. The the American Standard Revised Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render it "the captive." It is to be noticed, however, that there is no definite article in the Hebrew.