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Ashur
Ashur or Assur or Asur may refer to:Assur city, the first capital of AssyriaAshur, the main god of Assyrian mythology (later identified with Anshar)Ashur, grandson of Noah in GenesisAshur a common given name among Assyrian peopleAsur, a race in Warhammer Fantasy
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Ashur
Noun
1. chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
(synonym) Ashir
(hypernym) Semitic deity
(classification) Assyria
2. an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
(synonym) Assur, Asur
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Assyria



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Ashur
[Other] The patron god of ancient Assyria, assuming the role of Enlil and Marduk, and god of war. He was represented as a winged disc enclosing a stretched bow, ready to let fly an arrow. His consort was Ishtar, who responded to the warlike temperament of her mate by growing a beard that grew to her breasts.

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Ashur
who is happy; or walks; or looks
  
 
Assur
same as Ashur
  

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About
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Ashur

(black), the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) He became "father" or founder of the town of Tekoa. (B.C. 1658.)
  

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith. About

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