Person Old Testament
Asshur
Also known as Asshur =ESV, KJV; Ashur =NIV
Asshur was a son of Shem and is considered the father of the Assyrians (Gen.10.22; 1Ch.1.17). Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:22.
Why it matters. Son of Shem; father of the Assyrians
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Asshur
Asshur is mentioned in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1Chronicles 1, known as the Table of Nations. He was a son of Shem, one of the three sons of Noah. The Table of Nations records the spreading out of Noah's descendants after the flood, indicating the origins of various people groups. Asshur is associated with the Assyrians, an ancient Semitic people who inhabited the region of Mesopotamia. The Assyrians established a powerful empire that played a significant role in the history of the ancient Near East. The name Asshur is also used to refer to the chief deity of the Assyrian pantheon and the capital city of the Assyrian Empire.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Shem
- Siblings
- AramArpachshadElamLud
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.