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Lexicon :: Strong's H6253 - ʿaštōreṯ

Aa
עַשְׁתֹּרֶת
Transliteration
ʿaštōreṯ
Pronunciation
ash-to'reth
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1718

Strong’s Definitions

עַשְׁתֹּרֶת ʻAshtôreth, ash-to'reth; probably for H6251; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase):—Ashtoreth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6253 in the following manner: Ashtoreth (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6253 in the following manner: Ashtoreth (3x).

  1. Ashtoreth = "star"

    1. the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility

      1. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַשְׁתֹּרֶת ʻAshtôreth, ash-to'reth; probably for H6251; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase):—Ashtoreth.
STRONGS H6253: Abbreviations
† עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת proper name, of deities ‘Aštōreth, < ‘Aštart, ‘Aštéreth (see below) (MI17 עשתר כמש; Phoenician עשתרת (+ often in proper names), proper name עבד עשתר CookAcad. Jan. 18, 1896 Sabean proper name, of deity עתֿתר see especially OsZMG xx (1866), 279 f. DHMib. xxxvii (1883), 376 FellSab. Gotternamen, ZMG liv (1900), 231 ff., especially 237 ff.; Assyrian Ištar; Old Aramaic, Palmyrene עתר (= עתֿתר) in proper name; in Egyptian ‘astirati WMMAs.u.Eur.313; Greek Ἀστάρτη; on their Greek equivalents (e.g. Ἀφροδίτη) compare LewyFremdw. 148, 186 f, 250); — ֶֹ֯ probably artificial, to suggest בּשֶׁת, originally תַּרְתְּ-, תֶּרֶת-, compare Ištar, Ασταρτη, etc.; ע׳ 1 Kings 11:5 + 2 times; plural תָּרוֺת - Judges 2:13 + 3 times+ רֹת - 1 Samuel 7:4; [H1045 1 Samuel 31:10] read probably singular (Dr and others); — ‘Aštart, ‘Aštereth (Ασταρτη, plural Ασταρται, but Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4 Ασταρωθ), ancient Semitic goddess (with male counterpart in Moabite, Sabean and apparently Phoenician); Phoenician deity, עשׁתרת אֱלֹהֵי צִדֹנִים 1 Kings 11:5, 33, שִׁקֻּץ צ׳ ע׳ 2 Kings 23:13; so probably בֵּית ע׳ [H1045 1 Samuel 31:10] (reading singular; see especially Dr); elsewhere plural, of various local goddesses, called עֲשְׁתָּרוֺת (compare Assyrian ilâni u ištarat = gods and Ištars (i.e. goddesses)), usually + בעל(יםׅ, as Canaanitish deities Judges 2:13; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; || אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר 1 Samuel 7:3. — See especially DrAshtoreth in HastDB; on Ištar JastrRel. Babylonian passive especially 202 f.; on ‘Athtar BaeRel. 117 f; on Phoenician on ‘Aštart PietschmGeschichte. Phön. 184 f.; on ‘Ashtoreth BartonJBL x (1891), 73 ff. GFMEncy. Bib.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

2:13; 2:13; 10:6; 10:6

1 Samuel

7:3; 7:4; 7:4; 7:4; 12:10

1 Kings

11:5; 11:5; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13

H6253

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6253 matches the Hebrew עַשְׁתֹּרֶת (ʿaštōreṯ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - 이는 시돈 사람의 여신 아스다롯을 좇고 암몬 사람의 가증한 밀곰을 좇음이라

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - 이는 저희가 나를 버리고 시돈 사람의 여신 아스다롯과 모압의 신 그모스와 암몬 자손의 신 밀곰을 숭배하며 그 아비 다윗의 행함 같지 아니하여 내 길로 행치 아니하며 나 보기에 정직한 일과 나의 법도와 나의 율례를 행치 아니함이니라

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - 또 예루살렘 앞 멸망산 우편에 세운 산당을 더럽게 하였으니 이는 옛적에 이스라엘왕 솔로몬이 시돈 사람의 가증한 아스다롯과 모압사람의 가증한 그모스와 암몬 자손의 가증한 밀곰을 위하여 세웠던 것이며
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