Assyria
אַשּׁוּרStrong’s H0804ashshur (ash-shur)
Appears in 138 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashshur is the Hebrew word usually translated “assyria”, “assyria towards” and “from assyria”. It appears in 138 verses of the Old Testament.
“I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.”
Meaning
- § Asshur or Assyria = "a step"
- The second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians
- The people of Assyria
- The nation, Assyria
- The land, Assyria or Asshur
How it's translated
- assyria 128
- assyria towards 5
- from assyria 5
- asshur 3
- and asshur 2
- and assyria 2
- asshur towards 1
- in assyria 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 41
- Isaiah 41
- 2 Chronicles 13
- Ezekiel 9
- Hosea 9
- Genesis 4
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 10:11In contextAnd he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
- Genesis 2:14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
- Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Numbers 24:22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
All 138 verses, by book
- 2 Kings 41
- 15:1915:2015:2916:716:816:916:1016:1817:317:417:517:617:2317:2417:2617:2718:718:918:1118:1318:1418:1618:1718:1918:2318:2818:3018:3118:3319:419:619:819:1019:1119:1719:2019:3219:3519:3620:623:29
- Nehemiah 1
- 9:32
- Psalms 1
- 83:8
- Isaiah 41
- 7:177:187:208:48:710:510:1210:2411:1111:1614:2519:2319:2419:2520:120:420:623:1327:1330:3131:836:136:236:436:836:1336:1536:1636:1837:437:637:837:1037:1137:1837:2137:3337:3637:3738:652:4
- Lamentations 1
- 5:6
- Nahum 1
- 3:18
- Zephaniah 1
- 2:13
Hebrew dictionary
אַשּׁוּר ashshur · Assyria
§ Asshur or Assyria = "a step" the nation, Assyria the land, Assyria or Asshur
אַשּׁוּר ashshur · Asshur
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758) § Asshur or Assyria = "a step" 1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians 2) the people of Assyria 3) the nation, Assyria 4) the land, Assyria or Asshur
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.