ASHHUR

ash'-ur (ashchur, the King James Version Ashur): The "father of Tekoa" (1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5), probably the founder of the village. The original meaning of the name is the "man of Horus," Ashurites (ha-'ashuri). This name occurs in the list of Ish-bosheth's subjects (2 Samuel 2:9).

The Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) versions read ha-geshuri, "the Geshurites," designating the small kingdom to the South or Southeast of Damascus. This reading, though adopted by Ewald, Thenius and Wellhausen, is untenable, for during the reign of Ish-bosheth Geshur was ruled by its own king Talmai, whose daughter was married to David (2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37). Furthermore Geshur was too far away from the rest of Ishbosheth's territory. A more consistent reading is ha-'asheri, as given in the Targum of Jonathan and accepted by Kohler, Klost, Kirkpatrick and Budde, "those of the house of Asher" (compare Judges 1:32). The term would, then, denote the country to the West of Jordan above Jezreel.

Samuel Cohon

806a. Ashchur -- "black," an Israelite
... "black," an Israelite. Transliteration: Ashchur Short Definition: Ashhur. Word Origin
from shachar Definition "black," an Isr. NASB Word Usage Ashhur (2). ...
/hebrew/806a.htm - 5kAshhur (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ASHHUR. ash'-ur (ashchur ... Jezreel. Samuel Cohon.
Multi-Version Concordance Ashhur (2 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles ...
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Tekoa (12 Occurrences)
... A Tekoa is mentioned as a son of Ashhur (1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5). Jonathan
Maccabeus and his brother Simon fled from the vengeance of Bacchides ...
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Naarah (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NAARAH (1). na'-a-ra (na`arah, "a girl"): One
of the two wives of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:5). NAARAH (2). ...
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Teko'a (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrath, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. (See RSV). ...
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Helah (2 Occurrences)
... HELAH. he'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:5, 7). ...
1 Chronicles 4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ...
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Na'arah (3 Occurrences)
... out at the Jordan. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa
had two wives, Helah and Naarah. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 4 ...
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Temeni (1 Occurrence)
... temeni means a southerner, ie of Southern Judah; compare TEMAN (patronymic temani),
the name of Edom (Genesis 36:11, etc.), the "son" of Ashhur (1 Chronicles 4 ...
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Ephrath (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 2:24 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then
Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ...
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Ephrathah (6 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS NIV). 1 Chronicles 2:24 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb
Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ...
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Eph'rathah (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrath, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. (See RSV). ...
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