Word: XEY@

Pronounce: ash-shoor'

Strong: H804

Orig: or iAshshur \i ash-shoor'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; 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. H833 H838

Use: TWOT-176

Grk Strong:

Asshur or Assyria = "a step"

n pr m
1) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians
2) the people of Assyria

n pr loc
3) the nation, Assyria
4) the land, Assyria or Asshur