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a-soÌ‚lt´ (צוּר, cuÌ„r; ὁÏμηÌ, hormeÌ„Ì): The Hebrew verbal form is used of pressing forward a siege (see SIEGE), but also of a hostile attack upon a person then translated “assault†(). The Greek word hormeÌ„Ì used of an attack upon persons in (the King James Version) is rendered “onset†in the Revised Version (British and American). The word “assault†remains in , of attacking the house of Jason in Thessalonica, where the verb is ephistaÌnai, “to come suddenly upon.