Definition

an Ashurite (collectively) or inhabitant of Ashur, a district in Palestine

Etymology

or אַשּׁוּרִי; from a patrial word of the same form as H804 (אַשּׁוּר);

Where the KJV renders it

• Asshurim
• Ashurites

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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