Word Study · Strong's H6252 · Hebrew
עַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Ashtaroth
ash-taw-roth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻAshtârôwth
“Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan
Rendered in the KJV as
Asharoth, Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת), H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת), H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם).
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת2
- בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃1
- בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹ֖ת1
- הָעַשְׁתָּר֡וֹת1
- הָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1
- הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ת1
- וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1
- וְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃1
- וְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹת1
- עַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1
- עַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת1
How it is rendered · 7
- in Ashtaroth3
- the Ashtaroth3
- Ashtaroth2
- [was] in Ashtaroth1
- and Ashtaroth1
- and the Ashtaroth1
- and to the Ashtaroth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine plural1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 4
- HTd/Ncfpa · 3
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNpl · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua4 of 12 · 33%
- 1 Samuel4 of 12 · 33%
- Judges2 of 12 · 17%
- Deuteronomy1 of 12 · 8%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 12 · 8%
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Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 9:10בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃beashtarotpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: [was] in Ashtaroth
- Joshua 12:4בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹתbeashtarotpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.here: in Ashtaroth
- Joshua 13:12בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹתbeashtarotpreposition + proper noun (a name)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,here: in Ashtaroth
- Joshua 13:31וְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹתveashtarotconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Ashtaroth
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 2:13וְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃velaashtarotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralfor they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.here: and to the Ashtaroth
- Judges 10:6הָעַשְׁתָּר֡וֹתhaashtarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd 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.here: the Ashtaroth
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 7:3וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתvehaashtarotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen 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.”here: and the Ashtaroth
- 1 Samuel 7:4הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑תhaashtarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.here: the Ashtaroth
- 1 Samuel 12:10הָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתhaashtarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen 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.’here: the Ashtaroth
- 1 Samuel 31:10עַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתashtarotnoun · feminine pluralThey put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.here: Ashtaroth