Definitions for ashur
ˈɑ ʃʊərashur

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1. Ashur, Ashirnoun

   chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar

2. Assur, Asur, Ashurnoun

   an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq

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1. Ashurnoun

   the head of the Assyrian pantheon, later identified with Anshar

2. Ashurnoun

   the city of Assur

3. Ashurnoun

   a common given name among Assyrian people

4. Ashurnoun

   grandson of Noah in Genesis

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1. ashur

   Ashur is an ancient Assyrian city (modern Qalat Sharqat, Iraq) located on the Tigris River. It is also the name of the primary deity in Assyrian mythology, who was considered the king of gods and represented authority and victory. The term is also used to name the first month of the civil year in the Assyrian calendar.

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1. Ashur

   Ashur, was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The Hebrew text of Genesis 10:11 is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Asshur himself, or Nimrod who, according to Biblical tradition, built the Assyrian cities of Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, since the name Asshur can refer to both the person and the country. Sir Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his History of the World to reciting past scholarship regarding the question of whether it had been Nimrod or Ashur who built the cities in Assyria. The 1st century Judaeo-Roman historian Flavius Josephus further gives the following statement: "Ashur lived at the city of Nineveh; and named his subjects Assyrians, who became the most fortunate nation, beyond others”. Ashur the son of Shem is sometimes compared with the figure of the deity Ashur, for whom a temple was dedicated in the early capital city of Aššur — traditionally by an early Assyrian king named Ushpia in ca. the 21st century BC. It is highly likely that the city and indeed the Assyrian nation and people, were named in honour of this deity.

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Anagrams for ashur »

1. shura

2. surah

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ashur in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ashur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ashur
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ashur
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ashur