Strong's Lexicon: H838 אָשׁוּר אַשּׁוּר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H838
Word:	אָשׁוּר אַשּׁוּר
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H833 in the sense of going
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	ashur
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-shoor' (or ashshur {ash-shoor'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. a step
KJV Renderings:	going, step.

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BDB811

אַשּׁוּר proper name [or a people and territorry] Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur , land & city Dl^{Pa 252} COT on Gen 2:14 Persian Athura , Syriac [untranscribed source text 436]; on the connection with name of god Ašur, & with √ אשׁר = ישׁר good, gracious, compare COT^l.c.; see also Jen^{ZA, 1886, 1 f.} Schr^{ib. 209 f.} Nö^{ib. 268 f.})

1. Asshur as person, 2nd son of Shem Gen 10:22 ( P , in table of nations) 1Chr 1:17.

2. people of Asshur (often as invading army & even world-power) Num 24:22; Num 24:24 (poem of Balaam) Hos 12:2; Hos 14:4; Isa 10:5; Isa 14:25; Isa 19:23 (twice in verse); Isa 19:24; Isa 19:25; Isa 23:13; Isa 30:31; Isa 31:8; Isa 52:4; Lam 5:6; Ezek 23:5; Ezek 27:23; Ezek 32:22 (here feminine) Zech 10:11; Ps 83:9 perhaps read גְּשׁוּר, compare 2Sam 2:9 below אֲשׁוּרִי; or (if Ps 83 be late) regard אַשּׁוּר (like עֲמָלֵק ib.) as used because of ancient significance; sometimes personified as one Isa 10:5; Ezek 31:3 (but strike out Co q. v.), compare also Mic 5:4; Mic 5:5; Zeph 2:13 ׳ מַחֲנֵה א 2Kgs 19:32 = Isa 37:36 ׳ בְּנֵי א Ezek 16:28 ; Ezek 23:7 ; Ezek 23:9 ; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 23:23.

3. land of Assyria Gen 2:14; Gen 10:11; Hos 5:13; Hos 7:11; Hos 8:9; Hos 9:3; Hos 10:6; Isa 11:11; Isa 11:16; Isa 19:23; Jer 2:18; Jer 2:36; Mic 7:12; Zech 10:10 אַשּׁ֫וּרָה Gen 25:18; Isa 19:23; 2Kgs 15:29 ; 2Kgs 17:6 ; 2Kgs 17:23; 2Kgs 18:11 אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר Isa 7:18; Isa 27:13; Hos 11:11; Mic 5:5.

4. especially מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר Isa 8:4; Isa 10:12; Isa 20:1; Isa 20:4; Isa 20:6 (probably gloss Isa 7:17; Isa 7:20; Isa 8:7) 2Kgs 15:19 + 41 t. 2 Kings; 14 t. Isa 36-38; 1Chr 5:6 (אַשֻּׁר) + 13 t. Chronicles; also Jer 50:17; Jer 50:18; Nah 3:18; Ezra 4:2 (only Ezra 6:22 of Persian or any king not strictly Assyrian); note also ׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ א Isa 36:8; Isa 36:16 ( ׳ א perhaps gloss, compare Di who holds same view as to 2Kgs 18:23; 2Kgs 18:31); ׳ מַלְכֵי א 2Kgs 19:11; 2Kgs 19:17 = Isa 37:11; Isa 37:18; 2Chr 28:16; 2Chr 30:6; Neh 9:32.

BDB837

[אֲשׁוּר, אָשׁוּר] noun feminine^{Ps 44:19} step, going (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 449], [untranscribed source text 450], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 451] footstep) only suffix אֲשֻׁרוֺ Job 23:11; Prov 14:15 אֲשׁוּרַי Prov 17:5 אֲשֻׁרָ֑י Ps 40:3; Ps 73:2 אֲשֻׁרֵנוּ Ps 44:19 אֲשֻׁרָיוּ Ps 37:31, all poetic & figurative of mode of life, etc.

BDB838

[אַשֻּׁר] noun feminine^{Job 31:7} step, going, same usage, אַשֻּׁרַי Job 31:7 אַשֻּׁרֵנוּ Ps 17:11.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אשר (ash-shoor')

Psalms 17:11

KJV: They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

EHCC: compassed us in ovr steps :

Job 23:11

KJV: My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

EHCC: My foot hath held his steps,

Psalms 17:5

KJV: Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.slip…: Heb. be not moved

EHCC: Hold up my goings in thy paths,

Psalms 37:81

EHCC: none of his steps (marg. goings) sball slide.

Psalms 44:18

KJV: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;steps: or, goings

EHCC: (19). neither have our steps (marg. goings)

Psalms 73:2

KJV: But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

EHCC: my steps had well nigh slipped.

Proverbs 14:15

KJV: The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

EHCC: looketh well to his going.

Ezekiel 27:6

KJV: Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.the company…: or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well troddencompany: Heb. daughter

EHCC: the Ashurites have made (prob. id. q.

Strong's Lexicon

H838 — אָשׁוּר אַשּׁוּר