This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
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.
Traditional renderings: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
151 total
- Isaiah 36:1אַשּׁוּר֙ · of AssyriaIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Isaiah 36:2אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ · of AssyriaAnd the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- Isaiah 36:4אַשּׁ֔וּר · of AssyriaThe Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- Isaiah 36:8אַשּׁ֑וּר · of AssyriaNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- Isaiah 36:13אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of AssyriaThen the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
- Isaiah 36:15אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of AssyriaDo not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- Isaiah 36:16אַשּׁ֗וּר · of AssyriaDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
- Isaiah 36:18אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of AssyriaDo not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 37:4אַשּׁ֤וּר׀ · of AssyriaPerhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Isaiah 37:6אַשּׁ֖וּר · of Assyria…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Isaiah 37:8אַשּׁ֔וּרWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- Isaiah 37:10אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of Assyria“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:11אַשּׁ֛וּר · of AssyriaSurely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
- Isaiah 37:18אַשּׁ֛וּר · of AssyriaTruly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
- Isaiah 37:21אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of AssyriaThen Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:33אַשּׁ֔וּר · of AssyriaSo 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.
- Isaiah 37:36אַשּׁ֔וּר · of the AssyriansThen 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!
- Isaiah 37:37אַשּׁ֑וּר · of AssyriaSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isaiah 38:6אַשּׁוּר֙ · of AssyriaAnd I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
- Isaiah 52:4וְאַשּׁ֖וּר · then AssyriaFor this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
- Jeremiah 2:18אַשּׁ֔וּר · to AssyriaNow what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
- Jeremiah 2:36מֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃ · by AssyriaHow impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- Jeremiah 50:17אַשּׁ֔וּר · of AssyriaIsrael is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 50:18אַשּֽׁוּר׃ · of AssyriaTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
- Lamentations 5:6אַשּׁ֖וּר · [and] AssyriaWe submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Ezekiel 16:28אַשּׁ֔וּר · the AssyriansThen you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
- Ezekiel 23:5אַשּׁ֖וּר · the AssyriansOholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Ezekiel 23:7אַשּׁ֖וּר · of AssyriaShe offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:9אַשּׁ֔וּרTherefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:12אַשּׁ֨וּרShe too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:23אַשּׁ֖וּר…the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
- Ezekiel 27:23אַשּׁ֖וּר · AsshurHaran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
- Ezekiel 31:3אַשּׁ֜וּר · AssyriaLook at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- Ezekiel 32:22אַשּׁוּר֙ · AssyriaAssyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
- Hosea 5:13אַשּׁ֔וּר · AssyriaWhen Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
- Hosea 7:11אַשּׁ֥וּר · to AssyriaSo Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- Hosea 8:9אַשּׁ֔וּר · to AssyriaFor they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Hosea 9:3וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר · in AssyriaThey will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Hosea 10:6לְאַשּׁ֣וּר · to AssyriaYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- Hosea 11:5וְאַשּׁ֖וּר · by AssyriaWill they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
- Hosea 11:11אַשּׁ֑וּר · of AssyriaThey will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
- Hosea 12:1אַשּׁ֣וּר · AssyriaEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Hosea 14:3אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ · AssyriaAssyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Micah 5:5אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ · AssyriaAnd He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
- Micah 5:6 (2×)אַשּׁוּר֙ · of Assyria; מֵֽאַשּׁ֔וּר · AssyriaAnd they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
- Micah 7:12אַשּׁ֖וּר · AssyriaOn that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
- Nahum 3:18אַשּׁ֔וּר · of AssyriaO king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
- Zephaniah 2:13אַשּׁ֑וּר · AssyriaAnd He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
- Zechariah 10:10וּמֵֽאַשּׁ֖וּר · from AssyriaI will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.