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HebrewH0831Noun

אַשְׁקְלוֹן

ash.qe.lon

11Occurrences
H0831Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed" a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem Also named: esh.qe.lo.ni (*אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי *"Ashkelon" H0832)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

אַשְׁקְלוֹן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
3
Judges
2
Zephaniah
2
1 Samuel
1
2 Samuel
1
Amos
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 6:17BSB

As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

Amos 1:8BSB

I will cut off the ruler of Ashdodand the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon.I will turn My hand against Ekron,and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”says the Lord GOD.

Judges 14:19BSB

Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

Jeremiah 47:5BSB

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning;Ashkelon will be silenced.O remnant of their valley,how long will you gash yourself?

Zechariah 9:5BSB

Ashkelon will see and fear;Gaza will writhe in agony,as will Ekron,for her hope will wither.There will cease to be a king in Gaza,and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.