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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H804 - Assyrian

Strong's No.:H804

Hebrew:אַשּׁוּר

Transliteration:ʼAshshûwr

Phonetic:ash-shoor'

Word Origin:Apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful)

Bible Usage:{Asshur} {Assur} {Assyria} Assyrians. See H838 .

Strongs
Definition:

{Ashshur} the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (that {is} {Assyria}) its region and its empire


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Asshur or Assyria = "a step" n pr m

1. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians

2. the people of Assyria n pr loc

3. the nation, Assyria

4. the land, Assyria or Asshur


Bible References:
Assyrian

Translation
Occurrences:
Ashurites ( 1 )
Asshur ( 8 )
Assur ( 2 )
Assyria ( 114 )
Assyrian ( 12 )
Assyrians ( 6 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.