Word Study · Strong's H6139 · Hebrew

עֶקְרוֹנִי

Eqroni

ek-ro-nee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻEqrôwnîy

“an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron

Rendered in the KJV as

Ekronite.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜ים1
וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י1

How it is rendered · 2

and the Ekronite[s]1
the Ekronites1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1

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HC/Td/Ngmsa · 1
HTd/Ngmpa · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua1 of 2 · 50%
1 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%

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Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 13:3וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖יvehaekroniconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, 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;here: and the Ekronite[s]

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 5:10הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜יםhaekronimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”here: the Ekronites

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