אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr · ash-shoor'
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Lexicon
Derivation: or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H833 (אָשַׁר) (in the sense of successful);
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- Ashshur, the second son of Shem
- also, his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַשּׁוּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
151 occurrences · 151 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of assyria100 · 72%
- asshur5 · 4%
- to assyria5 · 4%
- of the assyrians3 · 2%
- and asshur2 · 1%
- into assyria2 · 1%
- unto assyria2 · 1%
- from assyria2 · 1%
- with the assyrians2 · 1%
- toward assyria1 · 1%
- until asshur1 · 1%
- of assur1 · 1%
- assur1 · 1%
- assyrian1 · 1%
- of the assyrian1 · 1%
- the assyrian1 · 1%
- and the assyrian1 · 1%
- and with assyria1 · 1%
- and assyria1 · 1%
- was not, till the assyrian1 · 1%
- shall the assyrian1 · 1%
- then shall the assyrian1 · 1%
- there; and the assyrian1 · 1%
- and to the assyrians1 · 1%
- also with the assyrians1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.