Definition

Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• Asshur
• Assur
• Assyria
• Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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