Strong's H804

אַשּׁוּר

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

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

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, אַשּׁוּר is translated as: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.