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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 44 times in 41 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - “The LORD will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day
That the LORD will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River,[fn] with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4

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 will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of the River,[fn] strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:12 - Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - 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 who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - There will be a highway for the remnant of His people
Who will be left from Assyria,
As it was for Israel
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - That I will break the Assyrian in My land,
And on My mountains tread him underfoot.
Then his yoke shall be removed from them,
And his burden removed from their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24 - In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that Tartan[fn] came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - “so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, 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 territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; 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 which was not;
Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - So it shall be in that day:
The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are 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
Assyria will be beaten down,
As He strikes with the rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - “Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of mankind shall devour him.
But he shall flee from the sword,
And his young men shall become forced labor.

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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 came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[fn] with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4 - Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:13 - Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15 - ‘nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - ‘Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:11 - ‘Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:18 - “Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:21 - Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria:

‘He shall not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel[fn] of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:37 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - “I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says the Lord GOD:

“My people went down at first
Into Egypt to dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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