ASSIR

1. Korah’s son and a descendant of Levi through Kohath (Ex 6:24; 1 Chr 6:22).

2. Ebiasaph’s son and a descendant of #1 above (1 Chr 6:23, 37).

3. Son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), king of Judah (1 Chr 3:17, kjv). It has been suggested that the Hebrew word assir may here be an adjective (as in nlt) describing Jeconiah and meaning “while captive” (cf. 2 Kgs 24:15). If so, his children were born while he was a captive.