Strong's H804 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר (ʼAshshûwr)

Pronunciation: ash-shoor'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Asshur or Assyria = "a step"

Derivation: or אַשֻּׁר (ʼAshshur); apparently from אָשַׁר (ʼâshar) [H833] (in the sense of successful);

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 אָשֻׁר (ʼâshur) [H838].

Senses

1. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians
2. the people of Assyria
3. the nation, Assyria
4. the land, Assyria or Asshur

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.