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Lexicon :: Strong's H804 - 'aššûr

Aa
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.ib. 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.
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The name H8034 of the third H7992 river H5104 is [fn]Tigris; H2313 it [fn]flows H1980 east H6926 of Assyria. H804 And the fourth H7243 river H5104 is the [fn]Euphrates. H6578
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land H776 he went H3318 forth H3318 into Assyria, H804 and built H1129 Nineveh H5210 and Rehoboth-Ir H7344 and Calah, H3625
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - The sons H1121 of Shem H8035 were Elam H5867 and Asshur H804 and Arpachshad H775 and Lud H3865 and Aram. H758
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - They [fn]settled H7931 from Havilah H2341 to Shur H7793 which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of Egypt H4714 [fn]as one goes H935 toward Assyria; H804 he [fn]settled H5307 in defiance H5921 H6440 of all H3605 his [fn]relatives. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - “Nevertheless H3588 H518 Kain H7014 will be consumed; H1197
How H4100 long H5704 will Asshur H804 [fn]keep H7617 you captive?” H7628
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - “But ships H6716 shall come from the coast H3027 of Kittim, H3794
And they shall afflict H6031 Asshur H804 and will afflict H6031 Eber; H5677
So they also H1571 will come to destruction.” H8
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19 - Pul, H6322 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 came H935 against H5921 the land, H776 and Menahem H4505 gave H5414 Pul H6322 a thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 so that his hand H3027 might be with him to strengthen H2388 the kingdom H4467 [fn]under his rule. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Then Menahem H4505 exacted H3318 the money H3701 from Israel, H3478 even from all H3605 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of wealth, H2428 from each H259 man H376 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 to pay H5414 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 So the king H4428 of Assyria H804 returned H7725 and did not remain H5975 there H8033 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and [fn]captured H3947 Ijon H5859 and Abel-beth-maacah H62 and Janoah H3239 and Kedesh H6943 and Hazor H2674 and Gilead H1568 and Galilee, H1552 all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali; H5321 and he carried H1540 them captive H1540 to Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - So Ahaz H271 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 saying, H559 “I am your servant H5650 and your son; H1121 come H5927 up and deliver H3467 me from the [fn]hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 and from the [fn]hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Israel, H3478 who are rising H6965 up against H5921 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8 - Ahaz H271 took H3947 the silver H3701 and gold H2091 that was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and in the treasuries H214 of the king’s H4428 house, H1004 and sent H7971 a present H7810 to the king H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - So the king H4428 of Assyria H804 listened H8085 to him; and the king H4428 of Assyria H804 went H5927 up against H413 Damascus H1834 and captured H8610 it, and carried H1540 the people of it away H1540 into exile H1540 to Kir, H7024 and put H4191 Rezin H7526 to death. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus; H1834 and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the [fn]pattern H1823 of the altar H4196 and its model, H8403 according to all H3605 its workmanship. H4639
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - The covered H4329 way H4329 for the sabbath H7676 which H834 they had built H1129 in the house, H1004 and the outer H2435 entry H3996 of the king, H4428 he removed H5437 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 because H4480 H6440 of the king H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3 - Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H5927 up against H5921 him, and Hoshea H1954 became H1961 his servant H5650 and paid H7725 him tribute. H4503
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - But the king H4428 of Assyria H804 found H4672 conspiracy H7195 in Hoshea, H1954 who H834 had sent H7971 messengers H4397 to So H5471 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 and had offered H5927 no H3808 tribute H4503 to the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 as he had done year H8141 by year; H8141 so the king H4428 of Assyria H804 shut H6113 him up and bound H631 him in prison. H1004 H3608
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 invaded H5927 the whole H3605 land H776 and went H5927 up to Samaria H8111 and besieged H6696 H5921 it three H7969 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Hoshea, H1954 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 captured H3920 Samaria H8111 and carried H1540 Israel H3478 away H1540 into exile H1540 to Assyria, H804 and settled H3427 them in Halah H2477 and Habor, H2249 on the river H5104 of Gozan, H1470 and in the cities H5892 of the Medes. H4074
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - until H5704 H834 the LORD H3068 removed H5493 Israel H3478 from His sight, H6440 as He spoke H1696 through H3027 all H3605 His servants H5650 the prophets. H5030 So Israel H3478 was carried H1540 away H1540 into exile H1540 from their own land H127 to Assyria H804 until H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - The king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 men from Babylon H894 and from Cuthah H3575 and from [fn]Avva H5755 and from Hamath H2574 and Sepharvaim, H5617 and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in place H8478 of the sons H1121 of Israel. H3478 So they possessed H3423 Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So they spoke H559 to the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 saying, H559 “The nations H1471 whom H834 you have carried H1540 away H1540 into exile H1540 in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 do not know H3045 the custom H4941 of the god H430 of the land; H776 so he has sent H7971 lions H738 among them, and behold, H2009 they kill H4191 them because H834 they do not know H3045 the custom H4941 of the god H430 of the land.” H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:27 - Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 commanded, H6680 saying, H559 “Take H1980 there H8033 one H259 of the priests H3548 whom H834 you carried H1540 away H1540 into [fn]exile H1540 and let [fn]him go H1980 and live H3427 there; H8033 and let him teach H3384 them the custom H4941 of the god H430 of the land.” H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - And the LORD H3068 was with him; wherever H3605 H834 he went H3318 he prospered. H7919 And he rebelled H4775 against the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and did not serve H5647 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:9 - Now in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of King H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 which H1931 was the seventh H7637 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 son H1121 of Elah H425 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H5927 up against H5921 Samaria H8111 and besieged H6696 H5921 it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 carried H1540 Israel H3478 away H1540 into exile H1540 to Assyria, H804 and put H5148 them in Halah H2477 and on the Habor, H2249 the river H5104 of Gozan, H1470 and in the cities H5892 of the Medes, H4074
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - Now in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H5927 up against H5921 all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and seized H8610 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - Then Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 sent H7971 to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 at Lachish, H3923 saying, H559 “I have done H2398 wrong. H2398 [fn]Withdraw H7725 from me; whatever H834 you [fn]impose H5414 on me I will bear.” H5375 So the king H4428 of Assyria H804 [fn]required H7760 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 three H7969 hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701 and thirty H7970 talents H3603 of gold. H2091
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:16 - At that time H6256 Hezekiah H2396 cut H7112 off H7112 the gold from the doors H1817 of the temple H1964 of the LORD, H3068 and from the doorposts H539 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had overlaid, H6823 and gave H5414 it to the king H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661 and Rab-saris H7249 and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem. H3389 So they went H5927 up and came H935 to Jerusalem. H3389 And when they went H5927 up, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool, H1295 which H834 is on the highway H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field. H7704
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19 - Then Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 to them, “Say H559 now H4994 to Hezekiah, H2396 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 “What H4100 is this H2088 confidence H986 that you [fn]have? H982
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “Now H6258 therefore, [fn]come, H4994 make H6148 a bargain H6148 with my master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and I will give H5414 you two thousand H505 horses, H5483 if H518 you are able H3201 on your part to set H5414 riders H7392 on them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - Then Rabshakeh H7262 stood H5975 and cried H7121 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 in Judean, H3066 [fn]saying, H1696 H559 “Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30 - nor H408 let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 in the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 “The LORD H3068 will surely H5337 deliver H5337 us, and this H2088 city H5892 will not be given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria.” H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - ‘Do not listen H8085 to Hezekiah, H2396 for thus H3541 says H559 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804[fn]Make H6213 your peace H1293 with me and come H3318 out to me, and eat H398 each H376 of his vine H1612 and each H376 of his fig H8384 tree H8384 and drink H8354 each H376 of the waters H4325 of his own cistern, H953
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - ‘Has any H376 one H376 of the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered H5337 his land H776 from the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria? H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God, H430 and will rebuke H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard. H8085 Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left.’” H4672
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - Isaiah H3470 said H559 to them, “Thus H3541 you shall say H559 to your master, H113 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Do not be afraid H3372 because H4480 H6440 of the words H1697 that you have heard, H8085 with which H834 the servants H5288 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 have blasphemed H1442 Me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - Then Rabshakeh H7262 returned H7725 and found H4672 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 fighting H3898 against H5921 Libnah, H3841 for he had heard H8085 that [fn]the king had left H5265 Lachish. H3923
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - “Thus H3541 you shall say H559 to Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of [fn]Judah, H3063 ‘Do not let your God H430 in whom H834 you trust H982 deceive H5378 you saying, H559 “Jerusalem H3389 will not be given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria.” H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11 - ‘Behold, H2009 you have heard H8085 what H834 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have done H6213 to all H3605 the lands, H776 destroying H2763 them completely. H2763 So will you be [fn]spared? H5337
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - “Truly, H551 O LORD, H3068 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have devastated H2717 the nations H1471 and their lands H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:20 - Then Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 sent H7971 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 I have heard H8085 you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - Then it happened H1961 that night H3915 that 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 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 behold, H2009 all H3605 of them were [fn]dead. H4191 H6297
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - So Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 departed H5265 and returned H7725 home, and lived H3427 at Nineveh. H5210
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “I will add H3254 fifteen H2568 H6240 years H8141 to your [fn]life, H3117 and 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 for My own sake H4616 and for My servant H5650 David’s H1732 sake.”’” H4616
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days H3117 Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 went H5927 up to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to the river H5104 Euphrates. H6578 And King H4428 Josiah H2977 went H1980 to meet H7122 him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw H7200 him he killed H4191 him at Megiddo. H4023
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The sons H1121 of Shem H8035 were Elam, H5867 Asshur, H804 Arpachshad, H775 Lud, H3865 Aram, H758 Uz, H5780 Hul, H2343 Gether H1666 and [fn]Meshech. H4902
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beerah H880 his son, H1121 whom H834 [fn]Tilgath-pilneser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 carried H1540 away H1540 into exile; H1540 he was leader H5387 of the Reubenites. H7206
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God H430 of Israel H3478 stirred H5782 up the spirit H7307 of Pul, H6322 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 even the spirit H7307 of [fn]Tilgath-pilneser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and he carried H1540 them away H1540 into exile, H1540 namely the Reubenites, H7206 the Gadites H1425 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 and brought H935 them to Halah, H2477 Habor, H2249 Hara H2024 and to the river H5104 of Gozan, H1470 to this H2088 day. H3117

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