📚 Lexicon Definition
אַשּׁוּר or Ashshur; apparently from אָשַׁר (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See אֲשׁוּר.