- Original: אסוּר - Transliteration: 'ecuwr - Phonetic: ay-soor' - Definition: 1. band, bond 2. house of bonds, prison (figurative) - Origin: from H631 - TWOT entry: 141a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H631 ; a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner): - band + prison. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • bands, 2 Judges 15:14; Ecclesiastes 7:26 • prison, 1 Jeremiah 37:15