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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 3 / 3 (Isa 37:11–Zec 10:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - “Truly, H551 O LORD, H3068 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have devastated H2717 all H3605 the countries H776 and their lands, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:21 - Then Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 sent H7971 word to Hezekiah, H2396 saying, H559 “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘Because H834 you have prayed H6419 to Me about H413 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria, H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - “Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 ‘He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 or shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there; H8033 and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield, H4043 or H3808 throw H8210 up a siege H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went H3318 out and struck H5221 185,000 H3967 H8084 H2568 H505 in the camp H4264 of the Assyrians; H804 and when [fn]men arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 behold, H2009 all H3605 of these were [fn]dead. H4191 H6297

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:37 - So Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 departed H5265 and [fn]returned H7725 home and lived H3427 at Nineveh. H5210

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - “I will deliver H5337 you and this H2088 city H5892 from the hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria; H804 and I will defend H1598 this H2088 city.”’ H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “My people H5971 went H3381 down H3381 at the first H7223 into Egypt H4714 to reside H1481 there; H8033 then the Assyrian H804 oppressed H6231 them without H657 cause. H657

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - “But now H6258 what H4100 are you doing on the road H1870 to Egypt, H4714
To drink H8354 the waters H4325 of the [fn]Nile? H7883
Or what H4100 are you doing on the road H1870 to Assyria, H804
To drink H8354 the waters H4325 of the [fn]Euphrates? H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 - “Why H4100 do you go H235 around so H3966 much H3966
Changing H8132 your way? H1870
Also, H1571 you will be put H954 to shame H954 by Egypt H4714
As you were put H954 to shame H954 by Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - “Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 [fn]flock, H7716 the lions H738 have driven H5080 them away. H5080 The first H7223 one H7223 who devoured H398 him was the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and this H2088 last H314 one H314 who has broken H6105 his bones H6105 is Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - “Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel: H3478 ‘Behold, H2009 I am going to punish H6485 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and his land, H776 just H834 as I punished H6485 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6 - We have [fn]submitted H5414 H3027 to Egypt H4714 and Assyria H804 [fn]to get H7646 enough H7646 bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28 - “Moreover, you played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the Assyrians H804 because H4480 you were not satisfied; H7654 you played H2181 the harlot H2181 with them and still H1571 were not satisfied. H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 - “Oholah H170 played H2181 the harlot H2181 [fn]while H8478 she was Mine; H8478 and she lusted H5689 after H5921 her lovers, H157 after H413 the Assyrians, H804 her neighbors, H7138

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She bestowed H5414 her harlotries H8457 on them, all H3605 of whom were the choicest H4005 [fn]men H1121 of Assyria; H804 and with all H3605 whom H834 she lusted H5689 after, with all H3605 their idols H1544 she defiled H2930 herself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - “Therefore, H3651 I gave H5414 her into the hand H3027 of her lovers, H157 into the hand H3027 of the [fn]Assyrians, H1121 H804 after H5921 whom H834 she lusted. H5689

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted H5689 after H413 the [fn]Assyrians, H1121 H804 governors H6346 and officials, H5461 the ones H7138 near, H7138 magnificently H4358 dressed, H3847 horsemen H6571 riding H7392 on horses, H5483 all H3605 of them desirable H2531 young H970 men. H970

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - “Haran, H2771 Canneh, H3656 Eden, H5729 the traders H7402 of Sheba, H7614 Asshur H804 and Chilmad H3638 traded H7402 with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - ‘Behold, H2009 Assyria H804 was a cedar H730 in Lebanon H3844
With beautiful H3303 branches H6057 and forest H2793 shade, H6751
And [fn]very H6967 high, H6967
And its top H6788 was among H996 the [fn]clouds. H5645

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:22 - “Assyria H804 is there H8033 and all H3605 her company; H6951 [fn]her graves H6913 are round H5439 about H5439 [fn]her. All H3605 of them are slain, H2491 fallen H5307 by the sword, H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - When Ephraim H669 saw H7200 his sickness, H2483
And Judah H3063 his [fn]wound, H4205
Then Ephraim H669 went H1980 to Assyria H804
And sent H7971 to [fn]King H4428 Jareb. H3377
But he is unable H3808 H3201 to heal H7495 you,
Or to cure H1455 you of your [fn]wound. H4205

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - So Ephraim H669 has become H1961 like a silly H6601 dove, H3123 without H369 [fn]sense; H3820
They call H7121 to Egypt, H4714 they go H1980 to Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 - For they have gone H5927 up to Assyria, H804
Like a wild H6501 donkey H6501 all alone; H909
Ephraim H669 has hired H8566 [fn]lovers. H158

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They will not remain H3427 in the LORD’S H3068 land, H776
But Ephraim H669 will return H7725 to Egypt, H4714
And in Assyria H804 they will eat H398 unclean H2931 food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself H1571 will be carried H2986 to Assyria H804
As tribute H4503 to [fn]King H4428 Jareb; H3377
Ephraim H669 will [fn]be seized H3947 with shame H1317
And Israel H3478 will be ashamed H954 of its own counsel. H6098

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - [fn]They will not return H7725 to the land H776 of Egypt; H4714
But Assyria H804—he will be [fn]their king H4428
Because H3588 they refused H3985 to return H7725 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - They will come H2729 trembling H2729 like birds H6833 from Egypt H4714
And like doves H3123 from the land H776 of Assyria; H804
And I will settle H3427 them in their houses, H1004 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - [fn]Ephraim H669 feeds H7462 on wind, H7307
And pursues H7291 the east H6921 wind H6921 continually; H3605 H3117
He multiplies H7235 lies H3577 and violence. H7701
Moreover, [fn]he makes H3772 a covenant H1285 with Assyria, H804
And oil H8081 is carried H2986 to Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - “Assyria H804 will not save H3467 us,
We will not ride H7392 on horses; H5483
Nor H3808 will we say H559 again, H5750 ‘Our god,’ H430
To the work H4639 of our hands; H3027
For in You the [fn]orphan H3490 finds H7355 mercy.” H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5 - This H2088 One H2088 will be our peace. H7965
When H3588 the Assyrian H804 invades H935 our land, H776
When H3588 he tramples H1869 on our [fn]citadels, H759
Then we will raise H6965 against H5921 him
Seven H7651 shepherds H7462 and eight H8083 leaders H5257 of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - They will shepherd H7462 the land H776 of Assyria H804 with the sword, H2719
The land H776 of Nimrod H5248 at its entrances; H6607
And He will deliver H5337 us from the Assyrian H804
When H3588 he attacks H935 our land H776
And when H3588 he tramples H1869 our territory. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - It will be a day H3117 when [fn]they will come H935 to you
From Assyria H804 and the cities H5892 of Egypt, H4693
From Egypt H4693 even to the [fn]Euphrates, H5104
Even from sea H3220 to sea H3220 and mountain H2022 to mountain. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds H7462 are sleeping, H5123 O king H4428 of Assyria; H804
Your nobles H117 are lying H7931 down. H7931
Your people H5971 are scattered H6335 on the mountains H2022
And there H369 is no H369 one H369 to regather H6908 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And He will stretch H5186 out His hand H3027 against H5921 the north H6828
And destroy H6 Assyria, H804
And He will make H7760 Nineveh H5210 a desolation, H8077
Parched H6723 like the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10 - “I will bring H7725 them back H7725 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714
And gather H6908 them from Assyria; H804
And I will bring H935 them into the land H776 of Gilead H1568 and Lebanon H3844
[fn]Until no H3808 room can be found H4672 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - “And they will pass H5674 through the sea H3220 of distress H6869
And He will strike H5221 the waves H1530 in the sea, H3220
So that all H3605 the depths H4688 of the Nile H2975 will dry H3001 up;
And the pride H1347 of Assyria H804 will be brought H3381 down H3381
And the scepter H7626 of Egypt H4714 will depart. H5493

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