Lexicon H804

אַשּׁוּר

ʼAshshûwr

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Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

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Lemma: אַשּׁוּר
Definition: H804. Ashshuwr אַשּׁוּר‎ proper name, of a people & territory Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur, land & city DlPa 252 COT on Gen 2:14; Persian Athura, Syriac ; 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 Gen 10:22 (P, in table of nations) 1Chr 1:17. 2 people of Asshur (often as invading army & even world-power) Num 24:22, 24 (poem of Balaam) Hosea 12:2; 14:4; Isa 10:5; 14:25; 19:23 (twice in verse); 19:24-25, 23:13; 30:31; 31:8; 52:4; Lam 5:6; Ezek 23:5; 27:23; 32:22 (here feminine) Zech 10:11; Psa 83:9 perhaps read גְּשׁוּר‎, compare 2Sam 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 Isa 10:5; Ezek 31:3 (but strike out Co q. v.), compare also Micah 5:4; 5:5; Zeph 2:13; א ׳מַחֲנֵה‎ 2Kin 19:32 = Isa 37:36; א ׳בְּנֵי‎ Ezek 16:28; 23:7, 9, 12, 23. 3 land of Assyria Gen 2:14; 10:11; Hosea 5:13; 7:11; 8:9; 9:3; 10:6; Isa 11:11, 16; 19:23; Jer 2:18, 36; Micah 7:12; Zech 10:10; אַשּׁ֫וּרָה‎ Gen 25:18; Isa 19:23; 2Kin 15:29; 17:6, 23; 18:11; אַשּׁוּר אֶרֶץ‎ Isa 7:18; 27:13; Hosea 11:11; Micah 5:5. 4 especially אַשּׁוּר מֶלֶךְ‎ Isa 8:4; 10:12; 20:1, 4, 6 (probably gloss 7:17, 20; 8:7) 2Kin 15:19 41t. 2Kings; 14t. Isaiah 36-38; 1Chr 5:6 (אַשֻּׁר‎) + 13 t. Chronicles; also Jer 50:17-18, Nahum 3:18; Ezra 4:2; (only 6:22 of Persian or any king not strictly Assyrian); note also א ׳הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ Isa 36:8, 16 (׳א‎ perhaps gloss, compare Di who holds same view as to 2Kin 18:23, 31); א ׳מַלְכֵי‎ 19:11, 17 = Isa 37:11, 18; 2Chr 28:16; 30:6; Neh 9:32.

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Lemma: אַשּׁוּר
Transliteration: ʼAshshûwr
Pronunciation: ash-shoor'
Derivation: or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H833 (אָשַׁר) (in the sense of successful);
Definition: Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV usage: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).

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