Assyria 0804 ## &Ashshuwr {ash-shoor'}; or &Ashshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from 833 (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 838.