Assur: meaning of the name
Assur means “same as Ashur.”
Assur in Scripture
“Assur” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.
- Ezra 4:2
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
- Psalms 83:8
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.