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”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Translated in KJV as
AsshurAssurAssyriaAssyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).
Etymology
or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H833 (אָשַׁר) (in the sense of successful);
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“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 turned back, and stayed not t…”