What does אַשּׁוּר (ashur) mean in the Bible?
אַשּׁוּר (ashur): Eponymous founder of Assyria; name encompasses both person, people, and geopolitical empire as unified entity.
Hebrew · H804
אַשּׁוּר
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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אַשּׁוּר H804
Pronunciation ashur
What does אַשּׁוּר (ashur) mean in the Bible?
אַשּׁוּר (ashur): Eponymous founder of Assyria; name encompasses both person, people, and geopolitical empire as unified entity.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H804?
The BSB source-word alignment has 151 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of Assyria (96), Assyria (14), to Assyria (10), Asshur (5), . . . (4).
Where does אַשּׁוּר (ashur) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Kings (49), Isaiah (44), 2 Chronicles (13), Ezekiel (9).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of Assyria 96× Genesis 2:14, 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 15:20, 2 Kings 15:29
Assyria 14× Psalms 83:8, Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 14:25, Isaiah 19:25
to Assyria 10× 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:11, Isaiah 10:5
Asshur 5× Genesis 10:22, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 24:24, 1 Chronicles 1:17
. . . 4× 2 Kings 16:9, Ezekiel 23:9, Ezekiel 23:12, Ezekiel 23:23
The Assyrians 4× Isaiah 19:23, Isaiah 23:13, Ezekiel 16:28, Ezekiel 23:5
from Assyria 3× Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:16, Zechariah 10:10
by Assyria 2× Jeremiah 2:36, Hosea 11:5
in Assyria 2× Isaiah 27:13, Hosea 9:3
into Assyria 2× Genesis 10:11, 2 Kings 17:23
of the Assyrians 2× 2 Kings 19:35, Isaiah 37:36
Then Assyria 2× Isaiah 31:8, Isaiah 52:4
- 1× Isaiah 37:8
[and] Assyria 1× Lamentations 5:6
and Assyria 1× Isaiah 19:24
and Assyrians 1× Isaiah 19:23
toward Asshur 1× Genesis 25:18
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:14 אַשּׁ֑וּר to of Assyria Noun - proper - feminine singular Genesis 10:11 אַשּׁ֑וּר to into Assyria Noun - proper - feminine singular Genesis 10:22 וְאַשּׁ֑וּר to Asshur Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 25:18 אַשּׁ֑וּרָה to toward Asshur Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Numbers 24:22 אַשּׁ֥וּר to Asshur Noun - proper - feminine singular Numbers 24:24 אַשּׁ֖וּר to Asshur Noun - proper - feminine singular 2 Kings 15:19 אַשּׁוּר֙ to of Assyria Noun - proper - feminine singular 2 Kings 15:20 אַשּׁ֔וּר to of Assyria Noun - proper - feminine singular 2 Kings 15:20 אַשּׁ֔וּר to of Assyria Noun - proper - feminine singular 2 Kings 15:29 אַשּׁוּר֒ to of Assyria Noun - proper - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 2:14
Aligned rows 151
Books represented 17
Genesis 4 Numbers 2 2 Kings 49 1 Chronicles 4 2 Chronicles 13 Ezra 2 Nehemiah 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 44 Jeremiah 4 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 9 Hosea 9 Micah 4 Nahum 1 Zephaniah 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
אַשּׁ֔וּר 31x ’aš·šūr 2 Kings 15:20, 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Kings 18:19
אַשּׁ֖וּר 20x ’aš·šūr Numbers 24:24, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Kings 17:5
אַשּׁ֑וּר 16x ’aš·šūr Genesis 2:14, Genesis 10:11, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Kings 18:23
אַשּֽׁוּר׃ 14x ’aš·šūr 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Kings 18:28, 2 Kings 18:30, 2 Kings 18:33
אַשּׁוּר֙ 13x ’aš·šūr 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Kings 17:6
אַשּׁ֛וּר 6x ’aš·šūr 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 18:11, 2 Kings 19:11, 2 Kings 19:17
אַשּׁ֥וּר 3x ’aš·šūr Numbers 24:22, Isaiah 19:23, Hosea 7:11
אַשּׁ֜וּר 3x ’aš·šūr 2 Kings 17:27, 2 Kings 18:14, Ezekiel 31:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - proper - feminine singular 130x Genesis 2:14, Genesis 10:11, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 24:24
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular 6x Genesis 25:18, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:23
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular 5x Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:16, Jeremiah 2:36
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular 2x Isaiah 52:4, Hosea 11:5
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x Genesis 10:22, 1 Chronicles 1:17
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Hosea 9:3
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 19:24
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Zechariah 10:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Eponymous founder of Assyria; name encompasses both person, people, and geopolitical empire as unified entity.
Source Gloss
Ashshur , the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Extended definition
Eponymous founder of Assyria; name encompasses both person, people, and geopolitical empire as unified entity.
Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See 838 .
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
Assyria
Showing 1 selected witness from 151 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Why This Word Matters
Represents misplaced political trust. Hosea 14:1-3
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain