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ASSHUR; ASSUR

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor - 1915

ASSHUR; ASSUR: ash'-oor, as'-oor. See ASSYRIA.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
New York, American Tract society [c1859], Rand, W. W. (William Wilberforce), 1816-1909, ed.

Easton Bible Dictionary
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.

ASSHUR: second son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chr. 1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. (Gen. 10:11,12). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained (Num. 24:22, 24; Ezek. 27:23, etc.). In Gen. 2:14 "Assyria" ought to be "Asshur," which was the original capital of Assyria, a city represented by the mounds of Kalah Sherghat, on the west bank of the Tigris. This city was founded by Bel-kap-kapu about B.C. 1700. At a later date the capital was shifted to Ninua, or Nineveh, now Koyunjik, on the eastern bank of the river. (See CALAH; NINEVEH.)

ASSHUR: -Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians #Ge 10:11,22; 1Ch 1:17; Eze 32:22| -See ASSYRIA

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1896)

ASSHUR: second son of Shem, (ge 10:22) also the Hebrew form for Assyria. [ASSYRIA, ASSHUR]

The New Topical Textbook
Rev. R.A. Torrey- 1897 edition.