Hebrew

Asshurim

אֲשׁוּרִיStrong’s H0805

ashuri (a-shu-ri)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ashuri is the Hebrew word usually translated “asshurites” and “ashurite”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.”

Genesis 25:3 KJV

Meaning

Someone descended from Asshur(?) of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.25.3; descended from Dedan (H1719C); along with Letushim (H3912) and Leummim (H3817)
Someone from the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13

How it's translated

asshurites 1
the ashurite 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Genesis 1
2 Samuel 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

2 Samuel 2:9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Hebrew dictionary

אֲשׁוּרִי ashuri · Asshurim

Someone descended from Asshur(?) of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.25.3; descended from Dedan (H1719C); along with Letushim (H3912) and Leummim (H3817) § Ashurites = "guided: blessed" a tribe descended from Abraham and Keturah

אֲשׁוּרִי ashuri · Ashurite

Someone from the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); Group of a.sher (אָשֵׁר "Asher" H0836) …

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.