Assyria (Bible)

Assur is the second eldest son of Shem and grandson of Noah in the Old Testament .

etymology

The Hebrew name אַשּׁוּר 'aššûr , German ' Assur ' is originally not a personal name, but describes the city of Aššur , its city god Aššur , the land of Assyria and the Assyrian people. The Septuagint gives the name as ασσουρ assūr , the Vulgate as Assur , the Samaritan Pentateuch as ' Āšor .

Biblical narration

Assyria is mentioned in Gen 10 in the Table of Nations . His brothers are called Elam , Arpachschad , Lud and Aram . The section of the Table of Nations Gen 10: 22-23  EU in which Assyria and his brothers are mentioned belongs to the priestly scriptures. He and his brothers are also mentioned in 1 Chr 1,17  EU .

More people

In some German translations of the Bible, other people are named Assur:

• Jer 28,1  EU : Assur, father of the prophet Hananyas (see Schlachter-Bible SLT )
• Ez , 11  1 : Assur, father Jaasanjas (see butcher's Bible SLT , Good News Bible GNB , New evangelistic translation NIV )

In the other translations this name is given as Asur.

literature

• Art. אַשּׁוּר, In: Gesenius, 18th edition 2013 , p. 106f.
• Markus Witte:  Völkertafel. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.