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a less correct form of two names. 1. (Heb. Ashshur', àִùּׁåּø , Sept. and Apoc. Á᾿óóïýñ .) An inaccurate method of Anrlicizing (Ezr_4:2; Psa_83:8) or Graecizing (2Es_2:8; Jdg_2:14; Jdg_5:1; Jdg_6:1; Jdg_6:17; Jdg_7:20; Jdg_7:24; Jdg_13:15; Jdg_14:3; Jdg_15:6; Jdg_16:4) the original SEE ASSHUR word for ASSYRIA SEE ASSYRIA (q.v.).
2. ( Á᾿óïýñ v. r. Á᾿óïýâ , while other copies omit; Vulg. Azi.) One of the heads of the "temple servants," whose descendants are said to have returned from Babylon (1Es_5:31), doubtless a corruption for the HARHUR SEE HARHUR (q.v.) of the true text (Ezr_2:51).