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Strong H8052 sensesאֲשׁוּרִי

Asshurim · Ashurite

Transliteration
'ăshûrîy 'ashshûrîy
Pronunciation
{ash-oo-ree'} ash-shoo-ree'

Meaning of the name

Ashurites = "guided: blessed"

The 2 senses of Strong H805

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H805 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. AsshurimH805ADescendant of Abraham through Dedan1 verse · Genesis
  2. AshuriteH805BSon of Jacob and Zilpah, founder of the tribe of Asher1 verse · 2 Samuel

General definition

From a patrial word of the same form as H804; an Ashurite (collectively) or inhabitant of {Ashur} a district in Palestine: - {Asshurim} Ashurites.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ashurites1
  • asshurim1

First verses

  1. Genesis 25:3
    And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:9
    And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.