TBESH · H0804G
אַשּׁוּר · ash.shur · Assyria
§ Asshur or Assyria = "a step" the nation, Assyria the land, Assyria or Asshur
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אַשּׁוּר (ash.shur) means “Assyria” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ash-shoor' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אַשּׁוּר · ash.shur · Assyria
§ Asshur or Assyria = "a step" the nation, Assyria the land, Assyria or Asshur
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אַשּׁוּר · ash.shur · Asshur
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758) § Asshur or Assyria = "a step" 1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians 2) the people of Assyria 3) the nation, Assyria 4) the land, Assyria or Asshur
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or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H833 (אָשַׁר) (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
KJV glosses: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of assyria | 96 |
| assyria | 14 |
| to assyria | 10 |
| asshur | 5 |
| the assyrians | 4 |
| from assyria | 3 |
| and assyria | 2 |
| by assyria | 2 |
| in assyria | 2 |
| into assyria | 2 |
| of the assyrians | 2 |
| then assyria | 2 |
| and assyrians | 1 |
| toward asshur | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of assyria | 100 |
| asshur | 5 |
| to assyria | 5 |
| of the assyrians | 3 |
| and asshur | 2 |
| from assyria | 2 |
| into assyria | 2 |
| the assyrian | 2 |
| unto assyria | 2 |
| with the assyrians | 2 |
| all the assyrians | 1 |
| also with the assyrians | 1 |
| and assyria | 1 |
| and the assyrian | 1 |
| and with assyria | 1 |
| assur | 1 |
| assyria | 1 |
| assyrian | 1 |
| behold the assyrian | 1 |
| but the assyrian | 1 |
| even to thee from assyria | 1 |
| from the assyrian | 1 |
| in assyria | 1 |
| of assur | 1 |
| of the assyrian | 1 |
| on the assyrians | 1 |
| shall the assyrian | 1 |
| the assyrians | 1 |
| them out of assyria | 1 |
| then shall the assyrian | 1 |
| there and the assyrian | 1 |
| to the assyrian | 1 |
| toward assyria | 1 |
| until asshur | 1 |
| upon the assyrians | 1 |
| when the assyrian | 1 |
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At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
Read word by wordThen Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
Read word by wordAlthough 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.
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordAfter 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.
Read word by wordMany 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordLater, 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:
Read word by word“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
Read word by wordIs 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?’
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordthey 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.”
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordEven Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 83.9
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.”
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.”
Read word by wordthe 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.
Read word by wordWoe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordTherefore 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordThere 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.
Read word by wordI 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.”
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by wordIn that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.
Read word by wordThe LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
Read word by wordBefore the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
Read word by wordso 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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?’”
Read word by wordLook 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordFor Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThe 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?
Read word by wordNow, 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!
Read word by wordThen the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
Read word by wordDo 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.’
Read word by wordDo 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,
Read word by wordDo 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?
Read word by wordPerhaps 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.”
Read word by wordwho 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.
Read word by wordWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
Read word by word“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.
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