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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H804 matches the Hebrew אַשּׁוּר ('aššûr),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - And the name H8034 of the third H7992 river H5104 is Hiddekel: H2313 that is it which goeth toward H1980 the east H6926 of Assyria. H804 And the fourth H7243 river H5104 is Euphrates. H6578

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - Out of that land H776 went forth H3318 Asshur, H804 and builded H1129 Nineveh, H5210 and the city H5892 Rehoboth, H7344 and Calah, H3625

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - The children H1121 of Shem; H8035 Elam, H5867 and Asshur, H804 and Arphaxad, H775 and Lud, H3865 and Aram. H758

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And they dwelt H7931 from Havilah H2341 unto Shur, H7793 that is before H6440 Egypt, H4714 as thou goest H935 toward Assyria: H804 and he died H5307 in the presence H6440 of all his brethren. H251
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