HebrewH6252Noun

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת

ash.ta.rot

11Occurrences
H6252Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

or עַשְׁתָּרֹת; plural of H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star" false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-F-T / N:N--L

Full Description

N:N-F-T / N:N--L

Occurrences

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
4
Joshua
4
Judges
2
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 12:10BSB

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

1 Samuel 7:3BSB

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Deuteronomy 1:4BSB

This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

Judges 2:13BSB

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Joshua 13:12BSB

the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim.Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,

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