H804

'Ashshuwr

ash-shoor'

or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire:--Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.

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