2. Asshur the person — The eponymous ancestor Asshur, son of Shem, or the personal/tribal figure who founded Nineveh (masculine proper noun). 2×
AR["أَشُورُ","وَ-أَشُّورُ"]·ben["অশ্শূর","আর-আশুর"]·DE["Assyrien","und-Assur"]·EN["Asshur","and-Asshur"]·FR["Assyrie","et-Asshur"]·heb["אשור","ו-אשור"]·HI["अशूर","और-अशशूर"]·ID["Asyur,","dan-Asyur"]·IT["Assiria","e-Asshur"]·jav["Asur","lan-Asyur"]·KO["그리고-앗수르","앗수르와"]·PT["Ashur","e-Ashur"]·RU["Ассур","и-Ассур"]·ES["Asiria","y-Ashur"]·SW["Ashuru","na-Ashuru"]·TR["Asur","ve-Asur"]·urd["اشور","اور-اشور"]
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1. Assyria the nation/land — The geopolitical entity Assyria, referring to the land, empire, or people of Assyria as a nation (feminine proper noun), across all grammatical frames (bare, prepositional, conjunctive, directional). 149×
AR["أَشُّورَ"]·ben["অশূরের"]·DE["Assyrien"]·EN["Ashur"]·FR["Assyrie"]·heb["אשור"]·HI["अश्शूर","अश्शूर-का","अश्शूर-के"]·ID["Asyur"]·IT["Assiria"]·jav["Asyur"]·KO["앗수르-의","앗수르의"]·PT["Ashur","Assur"]·RU["Ашшура"]·ES["Asiria"]·SW["Ashuru","wa-Ashuru"]·TR["Asur'un"]·urd["اسور","اسور-کا","اسور-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
אַשּׁוּר n.pr.gent. & terr. Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur, land & cityDlPa 252 COT on Gn 2:14; Pers. Athura Syriac ܐܳܬܘܽܪ on the connection with name of god Ašur, & with √ אשׁר = ��שׁר good, gracious, cf. COTl.c.; v. also JenZA. 1886, 1 f. Schr ib. 209 f. Nöib. 268 f.) 1. Asshur as person, 2nd son of Shem Gn 10:22 (P, in table of nations) 1 Ch 1:17. 2. people of Asshur (often as invading army &…