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אַשְׁדּוֹדִי
Ashdodi
ash-do-dee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼAshdôwdîy
“an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of Asdod”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of Asdod
Rendered in the KJV as
Ashdodites, of Ashdod.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת1
- אַשְׁדּוֹדִים֙1
- הָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֖ים1
- וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙1
- וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֗ים1
How it is rendered · 5
- [the] Ashdodites1
- and the Ashdodite[s]1
- and the Ashdodites1
- Ashdodite1
- the Ashdodites1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ngmpa · 1
- HC/Td/Ngmsa · 1
- HNgfpa · 1
- HNgmpa · 1
- HTd/Ngmpa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 5:3אַשְׁדּוֹדִים֙ʾashdodimgentilic noun (a people)When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.here: [the] Ashdodites
- 1 Samuel 5:6הָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֖יםhaashdodimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.here: the Ashdodites
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 4:7וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִ֗יםvehaashdodimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,here: and the Ashdodites
- Nehemiah 13:23אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹתʾashdodiyotgentilic noun (a people)In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.here: Ashdodite