0804 'Ashshuwr {ash-shoor'} or 'Ashshur {ash-shoor'}
apparently from 0833 (in the sense of successful); TWOT - 176
AV - Assyria 118, Assyrian 19, Asshur 8, Assyrian + 01121 5, Assur 1; 151
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