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אֲשִׁימָא

a.shi.ma

Ashima

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Strong’s H807Proper name, a title1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

ashima1

In the text

2 Kings 17:30אֲשִׁימָא
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲשִׁימָא n.pr.[m.] a god of Hamath 2 K 17:30, otherwise wholly unknown.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.