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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 1 / 3 (Gen 2:14–1Ch 5:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - nomen vero fluminis tertii Tigris ipse vadit contra Assyrios fluvius autem quartus ipse est Eufrates

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - de terra illa egressus est Assur et aedificavit Nineven et plateas civitatis et Chale

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - filii Sem Aelam et Assur et Arfaxad et Lud et Aram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - habitavit autem ab Evila usque Sur quae respicit Aegyptum introeuntibus Assyrios coram cunctis fratribus suis obiit

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - et fueris electus de stirpe Cain quamdiu poteris permanere Assur enim capiet te

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - venient in trieribus de Italia superabunt Assyrios vastabuntque Hebraeos et ad extremum etiam ipsi peribunt

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19 - veniebat Phul rex Assyriorum in terram et dabat Manahem Phul mille talenta argenti ut esset ei in auxilio et firmaret regnum eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - indixitque Manahem argentum super Israhel cunctis potentibus et divitibus ut daret regi Assyriorum quinquaginta siclos argenti per singulos reversusque est rex Assyriorum et non est moratus in terra

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - in diebus Phacee regis Israhel venit Theglathfalassar rex Assur et cepit Aiom et Abel domum Maacha et Ianoe et Cedes et Asor et Galaad et Galileam universam terram Nepthalim et transtulit eos in Assyrios

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - misit autem Ahaz nuntios ad Theglathfalassar regem Assyriorum dicens servus tuus et filius tuus ego sum ascende et salvum me fac de manu regis Syriae et de manu regis Israhel qui consurrexerunt adversum me

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8 - et cum collegisset argentum et aurum quod invenire potuit in domo Domini et in thesauris regis misit regi Assyriorum munera

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - qui et adquievit voluntati eius ascendit enim rex Assyriorum in Damascum et vastavit eam et transtulit habitatores eius Cyrenen Rasin autem interfecit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - perrexitque rex Ahaz in occursum Theglathfalassar regis Assyriorum in Damascum cumque vidisset altare Damasci misit rex Ahaz ad Uriam sacerdotem exemplar eius et similitudinem iuxta omne opus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - Musach quoque sabbati quod aedificaverat in templo et ingressum regis exterius convertit in templo Domini propter regem Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3 - contra hunc ascendit Salmanassar rex Assyriorum et factus est ei Osee servus reddebatque illi tributa

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - cumque deprehendisset rex Assyriorum Osee quod rebellare nitens misisset nuntios ad Sua regem Aegypti ne praestaret tributa regi Assyriorum sicut singulis annis solitus erat obsedit eum et vinctum misit in carcerem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - pervagatusque est omnem terram et ascendens Samariam obsedit eam tribus annis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - anno autem nono Osee cepit rex Assyriorum Samariam et transtulit Israhel in Assyrios posuitque eos in Ala et in Habor iuxta fluvium Gozan in civitatibus Medorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - usquequo auferret Dominus Israhel a facie sua sicut locutus fuerat in manu omnium servorum suorum prophetarum translatusque est Israhel de terra sua in Assyrios usque in diem hanc

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - adduxit autem rex Assyriorum de Babylone et de Chutha et de Haiath et de Emath et de Sepharvaim et conlocavit eos in civitatibus Samariae pro filiis Israhel qui possederunt Samariam et habitaverunt in urbibus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - nuntiatumque est regi Assyriorum et dictum gentes quas transtulisti et habitare fecisti in civitatibus Samariae ignorant legitima Dei terrae et inmisit in eos Dominus leones et ecce interficiunt eos eo quod ignorent ritum Dei terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:27 - praecepit autem rex Assyriorum dicens ducite illuc unum de sacerdotibus quos inde captivos adduxistis et vadat et habitet cum eis et doceat eos legitima Dei terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - unde et erat Dominus cum eo et in cunctis ad quae procedebat sapienter se agebat rebellavit quoque contra regem Assyriorum et non servivit ei

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - anno quarto regis Ezechiae qui erat annus septimus Osee filii Hela regis Israhel ascendit Salmanassar rex Assyriorum Samariam et obpugnavit eam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - et transtulit rex Assyriorum Israhel in Assyrios conlocavitque eos in Ala et in Habor fluviis Gozan in civitatibus Medorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - anno quartodecimo regis Ezechiae ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Iuda munitas et cepit eas

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - tunc misit Ezechias rex Iuda nuntios ad regem Assyriorum Lachis dicens peccavi recede a me et omne quod inposueris mihi feram indixit itaque rex Assyriorum Ezechiae regi Iudae trecenta talenta argenti et triginta talenta auri

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16 - in tempore illo confregit Ezechias valvas templi Domini et lamminas auri quas ipse adfixerat et dedit eas regi Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - misit autem rex Assyriorum Tharthan et Rabsaris et Rabsacen de Lachis ad regem Ezechiam cum manu valida Hierusalem qui cum ascendissent venerunt in Hierusalem et steterunt iuxta aquaeductum piscinae superioris quae est in via agri Fullonis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19 - dixitque ad eos Rabsaces loquimini Ezechiae haec dicit rex magnus rex Assyriorum quae est ista fiducia qua niteris

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - nunc igitur transite ad dominum meum regem Assyriorum et dabo vobis duo milia equorum et videte an habere valeatis ascensores eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - stetit itaque Rabsaces et clamavit voce magna iudaice et ait audite verba regis magni regis Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30 - neque fiduciam vobis tribuat super Domino dicens eruens liberabit nos Dominus et non tradetur civitas haec in manu regis Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - nolite audire Ezechiam haec enim dicit rex Assyriorum facite mecum quod vobis est utile et egredimini ad me et comedet unusquisque de vinea sua et de ficu sua et bibetis aquas de cisternis vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - numquid liberaverunt dii gentium terram suam de manu regis Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - si forte audiat Dominus Deus tuus universa verba Rabsacis quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ut exprobraret Deum viventem et argueret verbis quae audivit Dominus Deus tuus et fac orationem pro reliquiis quae reppertae sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - dixitque eis Esaias haec dicetis domino vestro haec dicit Dominus noli timere a facie sermonum quos audisti quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - reversus est igitur Rabsaces et invenit regem Assyriorum expugnantem Lobnam audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - haec dicite Ezechiae regi Iudae non te seducat Deus tuus in quo habes fiduciam neque dicas non tradetur Hierusalem in manu regis Assyriorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11 - tu enim ipse audisti quae fecerint reges Assyriorum universis terris quomodo vastaverint eas num ergo solus poteris liberari

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - vere Domine dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes et terras omnium

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20 - misit autem Esaias filius Amos ad Ezechiam dicens haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel quae deprecatus es me super Sennacherib rege Assyriorum audivi

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - quam ob rem haec dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum non ingredietur urbem hanc nec mittet in eam sagittam nec occupabit eam clypeus nec circumdabit eam munitio

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - factum est igitur in nocte illa venit angelus Domini et percussit castra Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque milia cumque diluculo surrexisset vidit omnia corpora mortuorum et recedens abiit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum et mansit in Nineve

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - et addam diebus tuis quindecim annos sed et de manu regis Assyriorum liberabo te et civitatem hanc et protegam urbem istam propter me et propter David servum meum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - in diebus eius ascendit Pharao Necho rex Aegypti contra regem Assyriorum ad flumen Eufraten et abiit Iosias rex in occursum eius et occisus est in Mageddo cum vidisset eum

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - filii Sem Aelam et Assur et Arfaxad et Lud et Aram et Us et Hul et Gothor et Mosoch

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beera filius eius quem captivum duxit Theglathphalnasar rex Assyriorum et fuit princeps in tribu Ruben

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - et suscitavit Deus Israhel spiritum Ful regis Assyriorum et spiritum Theglathphalnasar regis Assur et transtulit Ruben et Gad et dimidium tribus Manasse et adduxit eos in Alae et Abor et Ara et fluvium Gozan usque ad diem hanc

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