Hebrew word study

אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwr Ashshur, the second son of Shem

Pronounced “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

Translated in the King James as: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).

Appears 150 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis 4×
Genesis 2:14Genesis 10:11Genesis 10:22Genesis 25:18
Numbers 2×
Numbers 24:22Numbers 24:24
2 Kings 49×
2 Ki 15:192 Ki 15:202 Ki 15:292 Ki 16:72 Ki 16:82 Ki 16:92 Ki 16:102 Ki 16:182 Ki 17:32 Ki 17:42 Ki 17:52 Ki 17:62 Ki 17:232 Ki 17:242 Ki 17:262 Ki 17:272 Ki 18:72 Ki 18:92 Ki 18:112 Ki 18:132 Ki 18:142 Ki 18:162 Ki 18:172 Ki 18:192 Ki 18:23+ 24 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 4×
1 Chr 1:171 Chr 5:61 Chr 5:26+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 13×
2 Chr 28:162 Chr 28:202 Chr 28:212 Chr 30:62 Chr 32:12 Chr 32:42 Chr 32:72 Chr 32:92 Chr 32:102 Chr 32:112 Chr 32:212 Chr 32:222 Chr 33:11
Ezra 2×
Ezra 4:2Ezra 6:22
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 9:32
Psalms 1×
Psalms 83:8
Isaiah 43×
Isaiah 7:17Isaiah 7:18Isaiah 7:20Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 8:7Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 10:24Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 11:16Isaiah 14:25Isaiah 19:23Isaiah 19:24Isaiah 19:25Isaiah 20:1Isaiah 20:4Isaiah 20:6Isaiah 23:13Isaiah 27:13Isaiah 30:31Isaiah 31:8Isaiah 36:1Isaiah 36:2Isaiah 36:4Isaiah 36:8+ 18 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 4×
Jeremiah 2:18Jeremiah 2:36Jeremiah 50:17Jeremiah 50:18
Lamentations 1×
Lam 5:6
Ezekiel 9×
Ezekiel 16:28Ezekiel 23:5Ezekiel 23:7Ezekiel 23:9Ezekiel 23:12Ezekiel 23:23Ezekiel 27:23Ezekiel 31:3Ezekiel 32:22
Hosea 9×
Hosea 5:13Hosea 7:11Hosea 8:9Hosea 9:3Hosea 10:6Hosea 11:5Hosea 11:11Hosea 12:1Hosea 14:3
Micah 4×
Micah 5:5Micah 5:6Micah 7:12+ 1 more in Micah
Nahum 1×
Nahum 3:18
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 2:13
Zechariah 2×
Zech 10:10Zech 10:11

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