H6252 עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (ʻAshtârôwth) ash-taw-roth'

Hebrew

Quick Definition

Ashtaroth

Biblical Persons & Places

Ashtaroth Ashtaroth

A location first mentioned at Deu.1.4; referred to as Ashtaroth (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת), or Beeshterah (NIV= Be Eshterah) (בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה), or Ashterathite (עַשְׁתְּרָתִי).

Ashtaroth A female deity in the time of the Old Testament

A female deity of Canaanites in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at Jdg.2.13, ; only referred to as Ashtaroth (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: or עַשְׁתָּרֹת; plural of H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

KJV Usage: Asharoth, Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת), H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת), H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם).

TWOT Reference: 1718b

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star"

n pr f deity

1) false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult

n pr loc

2) a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh

2a) same as H06255

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (ash.ta.rot) — Ashtaroth.

§ Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star" false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (ash.ta.rot) — Ashtaroth.

§ Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star" a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַשְׁתָּרֹת (H6252) — עַשְׁתָּרֹות

name · עַשְׁתֹּרֶת · עַשְׁתְּרָתִי

Names of Locations

Ashtaroth = town, possibly to be identified with Beeshterah, Ashteroth-Karnaim and Karnaim; ◄ territory of Manasseh, east of river Jordan; ► former residence of king Sihon of Heshbon and king Og of Bashan; conquered by Israelites; assigned to clan of Gershon, tribe of Levi

DEU 1:4 · JOS 9:10 · JOS 12:4 · JOS 13:12 · JOS 13:31 · 1CH 6:56

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת E. of Jordan base

Bible Occurrences (12)

1:4

9:10 12:4 13:12 13:31

2:13 10:6

7:3 7:4 12:10 31:10

6:71

Deuteronomy 1:4

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.

Joshua 9:10

and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan— Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

Joshua 12:4

And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Joshua 13:12

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,

Joshua 13:31

half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. [All this was] for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

Judges 2:13

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Judges 10:6

And again the Israelites... did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and... Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites... and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel -, If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away 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.”