Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H804
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'Ashshuwr
- Occurrences
- Occurrence links are coming soon for this entry.
- Strong’s number
- H804
- Brief meaning
- 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
- Source renderings
- Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838
- Root word
- ash-shoor' or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}
- Full definition from the source
- 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. Root word: ash-shoor' or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H833, H838
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00804\ 804 'Ashshuwr ash-shoor' or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from 833 (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 838. see HEBREW for 0833 see HEBREW for 0838