אֲשׁוּרִי
ashuri · Asshurim
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H805 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ashuri (אֲשׁוּרִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Asshurim”.
A people descended from Dedan.
How to say it
a·shu·ri
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A tribe of the Arabian desert, descended from Dedan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah.
- A people or region of Saul's time, perhaps Asher.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Ashurites ×1
- Asshurim ×1
Where it appears
- Genesis 25:3
Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
- 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.