אַשּׁוּר

ash.shurAssyria
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place151 occurrences17 books138 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Asshur: Son of Shem; father of the Assyrians
  • Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel

Definition

or אַשֻּׁר; 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
Traditional renderings: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.

Glossary entries

Assyria, Assyrians Asshur Assur Asshur (Place)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

151 total
  1. 2 Kings 19:32אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
  2. 2 Kings 19:35אַשּׁ֔וּר · of the Assyrians
    And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  3. 2 Kings 19:36אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
  4. 2 Kings 20:6אַשּׁוּר֙ · of Assyria
    I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  5. 2 Kings 23:29אַשּׁ֖וּר · of Assyria
    During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:17וְאַשּׁ֔וּר · Asshur
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
  7. 1 Chronicles 5:6אַשֻּׁ֑ר · of Assyria
    …and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
  8. 1 Chronicles 5:26 (2×)אַשּׁ֗וּר · of Assyria; אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
  9. 2 Chronicles 28:16אַשּׁ֖וּר · of Assyria
    At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:20אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
  11. 2 Chronicles 28:21אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
  12. 2 Chronicles 30:6אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of Assyria
    At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
  13. 2 Chronicles 32:1אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
  14. 2 Chronicles 32:4אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  15. 2 Chronicles 32:7אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
  16. 2 Chronicles 32:9אַשּׁ֤וּר · of Assyria
    Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
  17. 2 Chronicles 32:10אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
  18. 2 Chronicles 32:11אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of Assyria
    Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
  19. 2 Chronicles 32:21אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    …and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  20. 2 Chronicles 32:22אַשּׁ֖וּר · of Assyria
    So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
  21. 2 Chronicles 33:11אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  22. Ezra 4:2אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    …they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  23. Ezra 6:22אַשּׁוּר֙ · of Assyria
    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
  24. Nehemiah 9:32אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
  25. Psalm 83:8אַ֭שּׁוּר · Assyria
    Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
  26. Isaiah 7:17אַשּֽׁוּר׃פ · of Assyria
    The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
  27. Isaiah 7:18אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of Assyria
    On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
  28. Isaiah 7:20אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
  29. Isaiah 8:4אַשּֽׁוּר׃ס · of Assyria
    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  30. Isaiah 8:7אַשּׁ֖וּר · of Assyria
    …the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
  31. Isaiah 10:5אַשּׁ֖וּר · to Assyria
    Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
  32. Isaiah 10:12אַשּׁ֔וּר · of Assyria
    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
  33. Isaiah 10:24מֵֽאַשּׁ֑וּר · Assyria
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
  34. Isaiah 11:11מֵאַשּׁ֨וּר · from Assyria
    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  35. Isaiah 11:16מֵֽאַשּׁ֑וּר · from Assyria
    There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
  36. Isaiah 14:25אַשּׁוּר֙ · Assyria
    I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
  37. Isaiah 19:23 (4×)אַשּׁ֔וּרָה · to Assyria; אַשּׁ֥וּר · The Assyrians; בְּאַשּׁ֑וּר · to Assyria; אַשּֽׁוּר׃ס · and Assyrians
    In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
  38. Isaiah 19:24וּלְאַשּׁ֑וּר · and Assyria
    In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.
  39. Isaiah 19:25אַשּׁ֔וּר · Assyria
    The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  40. Isaiah 20:1אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
  41. Isaiah 20:4אַ֠שּׁוּר · of Assyria
    …so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
  42. Isaiah 20:6אַשּׁ֑וּר · of Assyria
    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
  43. Isaiah 23:13אַשּׁ֖וּר · The Assyrians
    Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
  44. Isaiah 27:13אַשּׁ֔וּר · in Assyria
    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
  45. Isaiah 30:31אַשּׁ֑וּר · Assyria
    For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
  46. Isaiah 31:8אַשּׁוּר֙ · Then Assyria
    “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.