Topic
Asshur
9 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:22Easton · Smith · Nave Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:11Easton · Nave Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- 1 Chronicles 1:17Easton · Nave Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians
¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- Genesis 2:14Easton
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
- Genesis 10:12Easton
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
- Numbers 24:22Easton
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Numbers 24:24Easton
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
- Ezekiel 27:23Easton
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
- Ezekiel 32:22Nave Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
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.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.