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Lexicon :: Strong's H831 - 'ašqᵊlôn

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אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Transliteration

'ašqᵊlôn

Pronunciation

ash-kel-one'

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Part of Speech

proper locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from שָׁקַל (H8254) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אַשְׁקְלוֹן ʼAshqᵉlôwn, ash-kel-one'; probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart); Ashkelon, a place in Palestine:—Ashkelon, Askalon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H831 in the following manner: Ashkelon (9x), Askelon (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H831 in the following manner: Ashkelon (9x), Askelon (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
1. a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אַשְׁקְלוֹן ʼAshqᵉlôwn, ash-kel-one'; probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart); Ashkelon, a place in Palestine:—Ashkelon, Askalon.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H831: Abbreviations

† אַשְׁקְלוֺן proper name, of a location a city of the Philistines (Assyrian Isqaluna COT^Gloss Dl^{Pa 290}; Phoenician adjective, of a people compare below) Judges 1:18; Judges 14:19; 1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 1:20; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:5, 7; Amos 1:8; Zephaniah 2:4, 7; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); on the Mediterranean Sea, south of west from Jerusalem, modern `Asqalân, Survey^{iii. 237 f.} (with plan); compare also ZPV^{ii. 164 f}.

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Judges

1:18; 14:19

1 Samuel

6:17

2 Samuel

1:20

Jeremiah

25:20; 47:5; 47:7

Amos

1:8

Zephaniah

2:4; 2:7

Zechariah

9:5

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Strong's Number H831 matches the Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן ('ašqᵊlôn),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Jdg 1:18 - Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Jdg 14:19 - And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:17

1Sa 6:17 - Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

2Sa 1:20 - Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Jer 25:20 - And all the mixed people and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the rest of Ashdod;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Jer 47:5 - The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:7

Jer 47:7 - How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Amo 1:8 - Him who is seated in power I will have cut off from Ashdod, and him in whose hand is the rod from Ashkelon; and my hand will be turned against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will come to destruction, says the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Zep 2:4 - For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Zep 2:7 - The land by the sea will be for the rest of the children of Judah; by the sea they will give their flocks food: in the houses of Ashkelon they will take their rest in the evening; for the Lord their God will take them in hand and their fate will be changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Zec 9:5 - Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.

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