Assur

or A·sur

[ as-er, ah-soor ]

/ ˈæs ər, ˈɑ sʊər /

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noun

the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.

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Also A·shur, As·shur

[ah-shoor] /ˈɑ ʃʊər/ .

Words nearby Assur

assuming, assumpsit, assumption, Assumptionist, assumptive, Assur, assurance, Assurbanipal, assure, assured, assuredly

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How to use Assur in a sentence

Assur, it would seem, was a shrine long before Assyria went out of Babylon and builded Nineveh.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Le Vritable et assur chemin du ciel en Franois et en Anglois.
The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times|Kathleen Lambley
Portia.Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desirest.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
It is even possible that Assur-bani-pal himself was the sovereign against whom Manasseh rebelled and before whom he was brought.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce

According to Assur-bani-pal all the western lands were inflamed by the revolt of his brother Samas-sum-ukin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Assur

Assur

Asur Asshur or Ashur (ˈæʃʊə)

/ (ˈæsə) /

noun

the supreme national god of the ancient Assyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc

one of the chief cities of ancient Assyria, on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) downstream from the present-day city of Mosul

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