<strong>ASSIR</strong> (ăs'êr, <em>captive</em>)<br /><br />

Moses’ first cousin once removed (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.24">Exod.6.24</bibleref>).Great-grandson of no. 1 (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.23">1Chr.6.23</bibleref>).In <bibleref ref="1Chr.3.17">1Chr.3.17</bibleref>, the name of a son of Jeconiah (<span class="small-caps">kjv</span>) or a modifier of “Jehoiachin” (“the captive” <span class="small-caps">niv</span>).<br /><br />

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<strong>ASSIR</strong> <strong>ăs’ ər</strong> (<span class="hebrew">אַסִּ֥יר</span>, <em>captive</em>). 1. A Levite; son of Korah (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.24">Exod 6:24</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.22">1 Chron 6:22</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. A son of Ebiasaph and grandson of Assir; ancestor of Samuel (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.23">1 Chron 6:23</bibleref>).

3. According to the KJV, a son of Jeconiah (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.17">3:17</bibleref>), king of Judah. The RSV has instead of “Assir,” “the captive,” regarding the Heb. word as an adjective modifying Jeconiah. The Heb., however, has no definite article, but it might have been dropped.

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(accir, "captive"):<br /><br />

(1) A Levite of the family of Korah (<bibleref ref="Exod.6.24">Ex 6:24</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.22">1Ch 6:22</bibleref>).

(2) A son of Ebiasaph and grandson of Assir. Samuel was descended from him (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.23">1Ch 6:23</bibleref>).

(3) A son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, according to the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> and the <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span>, margin and the <span class="auto-link">[[American Revised Version]]</span>, margin. It is a question whether the Assir of this passage (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.17">1Ch 3:17</bibleref>) 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.