Hebrew word study
אַשּׁוּר H0804
- Transliteration
- ʼAshshûwr
- Pronunciation
- ash-shoor'
- KJV glosses
- Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).
Lexical summary
Ashshur, the second son of Shem
also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
Ashshur, the second son of Shem
also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information