HebrewH6138Noun

עֶקְרוֹן

eq.ron

20Occurrences
H6138Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ekron, a place in Palestine

from H6131 (עָקַר); eradication;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots" the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan Also named: eq.ro.ni (*עֶקְרוֹנִי *"Ekron" H6139)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֶקְרוֹן appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
5
Joshua
5
2 Kings
4
Zechariah
2
Amos
1
Judges
1
Jeremiah
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 17:52BSB

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 7:14BSB

The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.

2 Kings 1:16BSB

And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

Joshua 13:3BSB

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Joshua 19:43BSB

Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

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