אַשּׁוּר
ʾaššûr
Asshur
Strong's H804Proper NounHebrewTWOT 176

אַשּׁוּר (ʾaššûr) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Asshur. It appears 151 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H804).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 176)

Range of meaning (TWOT 176)Asshur, Assyria; Ashshur; Assur, Assyrians
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אַשּׁוּר proper name of a people: Asshur, Assyria

Strong's H804 אַשּׁוּר: Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV:Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:14Numbers 24:222 Kings 15:19

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