אַשּׁוּר, (b. h.) Ashur, Assyria, Assyrian nation. Gen. R. s. 37; a. fr.—Yoma 10ᵃ; Keth. 10ᵇ א׳ זה סילק (סליקא) Ashur means (the later) Seleucia (ad Tigrim). Snh. 106ᵃ (referring to the Parthian kingdom). [Yalk. Ezek. 376, v. אֵשֶׁל 3).]