Bible Person

Asshur

Male · 5 cross references

This Asshur entry refers to Asshur or Assyria in the table of nations and related ancestral notices, not the Judahite Ashur already separately overridden. It functions as an ancestral name tied to the Assyrian people and realm. First appears in Gen 10:11.1

AI summary: This Asshur matters because the cross references place the later Assyrian world within the post-flood map of nations descending from Shem. The name thus operates both genealogically and geopolitically, linking ancestry to one of the great powers that later dominates Israel's history. Even in the early lists, the seeds of later world tension are present. Taken together, the material presents Asshur as the ancestral marker behind the Assyrian people and their later historical significance.1