ʼAshshûwr — H804

Definition

proper noun

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

1. Asshur or Assyria = "a step"
2. n pr m
3. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians
4. the people of Assyria
5. n pr loc
6. the nation, Assyria
7. the land, Assyria or Asshur

Usually translated as

Assyria, Assyrians, Asshur, Assur

Origin

or ʼAshshur; apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful)

• ʼâshar (H833)

Occurrences

ʼAshshûwr occurs 152 times in 139 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Numbers (2), 2 Kings (41), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (13), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (41), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (10), Hosea (9), Micah (3), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)

• Genesis 2:14 — And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּר). And the fourth river is Euphrates.
• Genesis 10:11 — Out of that land went forth Asshur (אַשּׁ֑וּר), and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
• Genesis 10:22 — The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur (וְאַשּׁ֑וּר), and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
• Genesis 25:18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּרָה): and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
• Numbers 24:22 — Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur (אַשּׁ֥וּר) shall carry thee away captive.
• Numbers 24:24 — And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur (אַשּׁ֖וּר), and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
• 2 Kings 15:19 — And Pul the king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֙) came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
• 2 Kings 15:20 — And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּר). So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
• 2 Kings 15:20 — And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּר) turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
• 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֒), and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּרָה).
• 2 Kings 16:7 — So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֙), saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
• 2 Kings 16:8 — And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֖וּר).
• 2 Kings 16:9 — And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּר) hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
• 2 Kings 16:9 — And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֤וּר) went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
• 2 Kings 16:10 — And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֙), and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
• 2 Kings 16:18 — And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר).
• 2 Kings 17:3 — Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּר); and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
• 2 Kings 17:4 — And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֨וּר) 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 17:4 — And 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 (אַשּׁ֖וּר), as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
• 2 Kings 17:4 — And 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 (אַשּׁ֔וּר) shut him up, and bound him in prison.
• 2 Kings 17:5 — Then the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֖וּר) came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֙) took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּרָה), and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• 2 Kings 17:23 — Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּרָה) unto this day.
• 2 Kings 17:24 — And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֡וּר) brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
• 2 Kings 17:26 — Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֮), saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
• 2 Kings 17:27 — Then the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֜וּר) commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
• 2 Kings 18:7 — And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֖וּר), and served him not.
• 2 Kings 18:9 — And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֛וּר) came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
• 2 Kings 18:11 — And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֛וּר) did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
• 2 Kings 18:11 — And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּרָה), and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
• 2 Kings 18:13 — Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֙) come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• 2 Kings 18:14 — And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria (אַשּׁוּר֩) to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• 2 Kings 18:14 — And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֜וּר) appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• 2 Kings 18:16 — At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר).
• 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֡וּר) 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.
• 2 Kings 18:19 — And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּר), What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
• 2 Kings 18:23 — Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֑וּר), and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
• 2 Kings 18:28 — Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר):
• 2 Kings 18:30 — Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר).
• 2 Kings 18:31 — Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֗וּר), Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
• 2 Kings 18:33 — Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר)?
• 2 Kings 19:4 — It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֤וּר) his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
• 2 Kings 19:6 — And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֖וּר) have blasphemed me.
• 2 Kings 19:8 — So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֔וּר) warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
• 2 Kings 19:10 — Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria (אַשּֽׁוּר).
• 2 Kings 19:11 — Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria (אַשּׁ֛וּר) have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
• 2 Kings 19:17 — Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria (אַשּׁ֛וּר) have destroyed the nations and their lands,
• 2 Kings 19:20 — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria (אַשּׁ֖וּר) I have heard.