Etymology?:
apparently from ʾāšar אָשַׁר ‘to bless’ ( in the sense of successful )
Roots:
אשׁר אשׁר
ʾaššūr pr n m pers + pr n loc + pr n loc gen
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
Mentioned in Genesis 25:18, 10:22, 10:11, 2:14 Numbers 24:24, 24:22 2 Kings 15:29, 18:23, 19:4, 19:6, 17:23, 16:8, 16:10, 15:20, 17:27, 16:7, 17:26, 18:31, 18:33, 18:30, 19:10, 16:9, 17:4, 18:14, 18:17, 18:19, 19:20, 19:32, 18:9, 15:19, 19:35, 18:16, 19:17, 18:28, 18:13, 17:5, 19:11, 16:18, 17:3, 17:6, 17:24, 18:7, 18:11, 19:8, 19:36, 20:6, 23:29 Isaiah 7:17, 8:4, 27:13, 36:8, 37:4, 37:6, 31:8, 7:20, 8:7, 10:12, 10:24, 11:11, 52:4, 20:6, 36:16, 36:18, 36:15, 37:10, 36:2, 36:4, 37:21, 37:33, 37:36, 37:18, 19:25, 36:13, 10:5, 36:1, 23:13, 7:18, 11:16, 14:25, 19:24, 37:11, 20:1, 19:23, 20:4, 30:31, 37:8, 37:37, 38:6 Jeremiah 2:36, 50:17, 50:18, 2:18 Ezekiel 23:5, 23:9, 16:28, 23:12, 31:3, 23:7, 23:23, 27:23, 32:22 Hosea 8:9, 7:11, 9:3, 5:13, 11:5, 14:4, 10:6, 12:2, 11:11 Micah 5:4, 5:5, 7:12 Nahum 3:18 Zephaniah 2:13 Zechariah 10:10, 10:11 Psalms 83:9 Lamentations 5:6 Ezra 4:2, 6:22 Nehemiah 9:32 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1:17, 5:6 2 Chronicles 30:6, 28:16, 28:21, 32:1, 32:9, 32:7, 32:11, 32:21, 32:4, 32:10, 33:11, 28:20, 32:22