אַשּׁוּר ashshur

Hebrew word for “Assyria” · Strong’s H804 · used 151 times in 138 verses

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Meaning

§ Asshur or Assyria = "a step"; the nation, Assyria; the land, Assyria or Asshur

Senses in the lexicon

• Assyria (149)
• Asshur (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ashshur in context, with how often each is used:

• assyria 140
• asshur 5
• assyria towards 5
• asshur towards 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 18 (13), 2 Kings 19 (10), Isaiah 37 (10), 2 Kings 17 (8), 2 Chronicles 32 (8), Isaiah 36 (8), 2 Kings 16 (5), Ezekiel 23 (5), 2 Kings 15 (3), 2 Chronicles 28 (3)

Forms

• אשׁור 130
• אשׁורה 6
• מאשׁור 5
• ואשׁור 4
• אשׁר 1
• באשׁור 1
• ולאשׁור 1
• ובאשׁור 1
• לאשׁור 1
• ומאשׁור 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ashshur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 21
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 23
• סַנְחֵרִיב sancheriv “Sennacherib” 10
• רַבְשָׁקֵה ravshaqeh “Rabshakeh” 10
• כֹּה koh “thus” 17
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 17
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 11
• תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר tiglat pileser “Tiglath-pileser” 6
• נָהָר nahar “river” 9
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 14
• עִיר ir “city” 14
• גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 9

Key verses

The verses using ashshur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead,…
• 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of…
• 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and…
• Nehemiah 9:32 — Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath…
• Isaiah 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come…
• Isaiah 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
• Isaiah 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the…
• Isaiah 37:36 — Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the…
• Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
• Hosea 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.