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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 2 / 3 (2Ch 28:16–Isa 37:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:16 - At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria H804 to help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:20 - And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria H804 came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: H804 but he helped him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria H804 came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria H804 come, and find much water?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, H804 nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 - After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria H804 send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, H804 Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? H804

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. H804 So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22 - Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, H804 and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, H804 which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, H804 which brought us up hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria H804 unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria H804 unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:8 - Assur H804 also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, H804 the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, H804 and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - O Assyrian, H804 the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, H804 and the glory of his high looks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: H804 he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, H804 and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; H804 like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - That I will break the Assyrian H804 in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, H804 and the Assyrian H804 shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, H804 and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, H804 even a blessing in the midst of the land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria H804 the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria H804 sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - So shall the king of Assyria H804 lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: H804 and how shall we escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian H804 founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, H804 and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:31 - For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian H804 be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - Then shall the Assyrian H804 fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria H804 came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria H804 sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4 - And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, H804 What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, H804 and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:13 - Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15 - Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, H804 Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria H804 his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria H804 have blasphemed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8 - So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria H804 warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. H804

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