H804 אַשּׁוּר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 147 KJV occurrences
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr · ash-shoor'
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 Renderings
Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).
Derivation / Etymology
or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H833 (אָשַׁר) (in the sense of successful);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 147)
- 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.
- 2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
- 2 Kings 18:17¶ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- Ezra 6:22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 19:24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
- Isaiah 37:8¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- Ezekiel 31:3¶ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.