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Strong's #0804 - אַשֻּׁר

Transliteration

ʼAshshûwr

Phonetics

ash-shoor', ash-shoor'

Origin

apparently from (H833) (in the sense of successful)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

176

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Asshur or Assyria = “a step”

1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians (noun proper masculine)

2) the people of Assyria (noun proper masculine)

3) the nation, Assyria (noun proper locative)

4) the land, Assyria or Asshur (noun proper locative)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (150)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

2 Kings 49

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 43

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 9

Micah 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

HCS (0)

HCS (149)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

2 Kings 48

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 44

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 9

Micah 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (154)

Genesis 7

Numbers 2

2 Kings 49

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 44

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 9

Micah 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (147)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

2 Kings 49

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 43

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 9

Micah 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

WEB (147)

Genesis 4

Numbers 2

2 Kings 49

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 44

Jeremiah 4

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Hosea 9

Micah 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַשּׁוּר proper name, of a people & territory Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur, land & city Dl^{Pa 252} COT on Genesis 2:14; Persian Athura, Syriac

; on the connection with name of god Ašur, & with √ אשׁר = ישׁר good, gracious, compare COT^l.c.; see also Jen^{ZA, 1886,1f.} Schr^{ib. 209f.} Nö^{ib. 268f.})

1 Asshur as person, 2nd son of Shem Genesis 10:22 (P, in table of nations) 1 Chronicles 1:17.

2 people of Asshur (often as invading army & even world-power) Numbers 24:22,24 (poem of Balaam) Hosea 12:2; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 19:23 (twice in verse); Isaiah 19:24,25; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 52:4; Lamentations 5:6; Ezekiel 23:5; Ezekiel 27:23; Ezekiel 32:22 (here feminine) Zechariah 10:11; Psalm 83:9 perhaps read גְּשׁוּר, compare 2 Samuel 2:9 below אֲשׁוּרִי; or (if Psalm 83be late) regard אַשּׁוּר (like עֲמָלֵק ib.) as used because of ancient significance; sometimes personified as one Isaiah 10:5; Ezekiel 31:3 (but strike out Co q. v.), compare also Micah 5:4; Micah 5:5; Zephaniah 2:13; ׳מַחֲנֵה א 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:36; ׳בְּנֵי א Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 23:7,9,12,23.

3 land of Assyria Genesis 2:14; Genesis 10:11; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11; Hosea 8:9; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 10:6; Isaiah 11:11,16; Isaiah 19:23; Jeremiah 2:18,36; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 10:10; אַשּׁ֫וּרָה Genesis 25:18; Isaiah 19:23; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6,23; 2 Kings 18:11; אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 27:13; Hosea 11:11; Micah 5:5.

4 especially מֶלֶךְאַשּׁוּר Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 20:1,4,6 (probably gloss Isaiah 7:17,20; Isaiah 8:7) 2 Kings 15:19 41t. 2Kings; 14t. Isaiah 36-38; 1 Chronicles 5:6 (אַשֻּׁר) + 13t. Chronicles; also Jeremiah 50:17,18; Nahum 3:18; Ezra 4:2; (only Ezra 6:22 of Persian or any king not strictly Assyrian); note also ׳הַמֶּלֶךְ א Isaiah 36:8,16 (׳א perhaps gloss, compare Di who holds same view as to 2 Kings 18:23,31); ׳מַלְכֵי א 2 Kings 19:11,17 = Isaiah 37:11,18; 2 Chronicles 28:16; 30:6; Nehemiah 9:32.

List of Word Forms

אַ֠שּׁוּר אַ֭שּׁוּר אַשֻּׁ֑ר אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃ אַשּֽׁוּר׃ אַשּׁ֑וּר אַשּׁ֑וּרָה אַשּׁ֔וּר אַשּׁ֔וּרָה אַשּׁ֖וּר אַשּׁ֗וּר אַשּׁ֛וּר אַשּׁ֜וּר אַשּׁ֡וּר אַשּׁ֣וּר אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ אַשּׁ֤וּר אַשּׁ֤וּר ׀ אַשּׁ֥וּר אַשּׁ֨וּר אַשּׁוּר֒ אַשּׁוּר֙ אַשּׁוּר֩ ׀ אַשּׁוּר֮ אשור אשור׃ אשורה אשורה׃ אשר בְּאַשּׁ֑וּר באשור וְאַשּׁ֑וּר וְאַשּׁ֔וּר וְאַשּׁ֖וּר וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר וּלְאַשּׁ֑וּר וּמֵֽאַשּׁ֖וּר ואשור ובאשור ולאשור ומאשור לְאַשּׁ֣וּר לאשור מֵֽאַשּׁ֑וּר מֵֽאַשּׁ֔וּר מֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃ מֵאַשּׁ֨וּר מאשור מאשור׃ ’aš·šū·rāh ’aš·šur ’aš·šūr ’aššur ’aššūr ’aššūrāh ashShur ashShurah bə’aššūr bə·’aš·šūr beashShur lə’aššūr lə·’aš·šūr leashShur mê’aššūr mê·’aš·šūr meashShur ū·ḇə·’aš·šūr ū·lə·’aš·šūr ū·mê·’aš·šūr ūḇə’aššūr ūlə’aššūr uleashShur ūmê’aššūr umeashShur uveashShur veashShur wə’aššūr wə·’aš·šūr