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Asshur

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Second son of Shem (Gen. 10:22²²The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Genesis 10:22)). Also Hebrew form for Assyria (Ezek. 27:23²³Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. (Ezekiel 27:23)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

In Genesis 10:11¹¹Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (Genesis 10:11) it would appear from the AV (KJV) that a son of Ham named Asshur built Nineveh; and then in Genesis 10:22²²The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Genesis 10:22) and 1 Chronicles 1:17¹⁷The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. (1 Chronicles 1:17) Asshur is named as the son of Shem. But in the margin of Genesis 10:11¹¹Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (Genesis 10:11) it reads that “he went out into Assyria,” that is, Nimrod went forth into Asshur or Assyria (the Hebrew is the same). This is confirmed by Micah 5:6,⁶And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. (Micah 5:6) where Assyria and Nimrod are associated together. Assyria is traced to Asshur or Assur, a son of Shem. Nimrod came afterward and may have subdued the country, but with what result is not shown.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

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