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Lexicon :: Strong's H804 - 'aššûr

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אַשּׁוּר
Transliteration
'aššûr
Pronunciation
ash-shoor'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אָשַׁר (H833) (in the sense of successful)
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TWOT Reference: 176

Strong’s Definitions

אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr, ash-shoor'; or אַשֻּׁר ʼAshshur; apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:—Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 151x

The KJV translates Strong's H804 in the following manner: Assyria (118x), Assyrian (19x), Asshur (8x), Assyrian (with H1121) (5x), Assur (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 151x
The KJV translates Strong's H804 in the following manner: Assyria (118x), Assyrian (19x), Asshur (8x), Assyrian (with H1121) (5x), Assur (1x).

  1. Asshur or Assyria = "a step"

    proper masculine noun

    1. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians

    2. the people of Assyria

      proper locative noun

    3. the nation, Assyria

    4. the land, Assyria or Asshur

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr, ash-shoor'; or אַשֻּׁר ʼAshshur; apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:—Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.
STRONGS H804: Abbreviations
אַשּׁוּר proper name, of a people & territory Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur, land & city DlPa 252 COT on Genesis 2:14; Persian Athura, Syriac bdb007804; on the connection with name of god Ašur, & with √ אשׁר = ישׁר good, gracious, compare COTl.c.; see also JenZA, 1886, 1 f. Schrib. 209 f. Nöib. 268 f.)
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 83 be 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 which see), 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 מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 20:1, 4, 6 (probably gloss Isaiah 7:17, 20; Isaiah 8:7) 2 Kings 15:19 + 41 times 2 Kings; + 14 times Isaiah 36-38; 1 Chronicles 5:6 (אַשֻּׁר) + 13 times 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:14; 2:14; 10:11; 10:22; 25:18

Numbers

24:22; 24:24

2 Samuel

2:9

2 Kings

15:19; 15:29; 17:6; 17:23; 18:11; 18:23; 18:31; 19:11; 19:17; 19:32

1 Chronicles

1:17; 5:6

2 Chronicles

28:16; 30:6

Ezra

4:2; 6:22

Nehemiah

9:32

Psalms

83; 83:9

Isaiah

7:17; 7:18; 7:20; 8:4; 8:7; 10:5; 10:5; 10:12; 11:11; 11:16; 14:25; 19:23; 19:23; 19:23; 19:24; 19:25; 20:1; 20:4; 20:6; 23:13; 27:13; 30:31; 31:8; 36:8; 36:16; 37:11; 37:18; 37:36; 52:4

Jeremiah

2:18; 2:36; 50:17; 50:18

Lamentations

5:6

Ezekiel

16:28; 23:5; 23:7; 23:9; 23:12; 23:23; 27:23; 31:3; 32:22

Hosea

5:13; 7:11; 8:9; 9:3; 10:6; 11:11; 12:2; 14:4

Micah

5:4; 5:5; 5:5; 7:12

Nahum

3:18

Zephaniah

2:13

Zechariah

10:10; 10:11

H804

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Strong's Number H804 matches the Hebrew אַשּׁוּר ('aššûr),
which occurs 151 times in 138 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:14–1Ch 5:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And he dwelt from Evilat to Sur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - and though Beor should have a [fn]skilfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the [fn]Hebrews, and they shall perish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19 - In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - And Manaem raised the silver by a tax upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels levied on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, and took Ain, and Abel, and Thamaacha, and Anioch, and Kenez, and Asor, and [fn]Galaa, and Galilee, even all the land of Nephthali, and carried them away to the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8 - And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed [fn]the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw [fn]an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3 - Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and rendered him tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - And the king of the Assyrians went up [fn]against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by [fn]all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Chutha, and men from Aia, and from Æmath, and Seppharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria for the Israelites, know not [fn]the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:27 - And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some Israelites thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach them the manner of the God of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel,) that Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - And the king of the Assyrians carried away the [fn]Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Alaë and in Abor, by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - And Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16 - At that time Ezekias cut off the gold from the doors of the temple, and from the pillars which Ezekias king of Juda had overlaid with gold, and gave [fn]it to the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a [fn]strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19 - And Rapsakes said to them, Say now to Ezekias, Thus says the king, the great king of the Assyrians, What is this confidence wherein thou trustest?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - And now, I pray you, make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to [fn]set riders upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - And Rapsakes stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear the words of the great king of the Assyrians:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30 - And let not Ezekias cause you to trust on the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be delivered [fn]into the hand of the king of the Assyrians: hearken not to Ezekias:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - for thus says the king of the Assyrians, [fn]Gain my favour, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink of the wine of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig-tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - Have the gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - [fn]Peradventure the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rapsakes, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: and thou shalt [fn]offer thy prayer for the remnant that is found.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Esaias said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - So Rapsakes returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Lobna: for he heard that he had departed from Lachis.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - Let not thy God on whom thou trustest encourage thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11 - Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done in all the lands, to [fn]waste them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - For truly, Lord, the kings of [fn]Assyria have wasted the nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20 - And Esaias the son of Amos sent to Ezekias, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, I have heard [fn]thy prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - Is it not so? Thus saith the Lord [fn]concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot [fn]an arrow there, neither shall a shield [fn]come against it, neither shall he heap a mound against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - And it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, these were all dead corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians departed, and went and returned, and dwelt in Nineve.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao slew him in Mageddo when he saw him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The sons of Sem, Ælam, and Assur,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - his son Beël, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he is the chief of the Rubenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.

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