Lexical Summary Ashtarowth: a place East of the Jordan Original Word: עַשְׁתָּרוֹתTransliteration: Ashtarowth Phonetic Spelling: (ash-taw-roth') Part of Speech: proper name, of a location Short Definition: a place East of the Jordan Meaning: a place East of the Jordan Strong's Concordance Asharoth, Astaroth Or bashtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}; plural of ashtrah; Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan -- Asharoth, Astaroth. See also Beyth 'Ashtarowth, Ashtoreth, Ashtroth Qarnayim. see HEBREW ashtrah see HEBREW Beyth 'Ashtarowth see HEBREW Ashtoreth see HEBREW Ashtroth Qarnayim Brown-Driver-Briggs H6252. Ashtarowth III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת proper name, of a location Ασταρωθ, etc., east of Jordan (name from worship of different forms of `Aštart; in Egyptian ±astiratu, as east Jordan located WMMAs.u.Eur.162, 313; compare Tel Amarna proper name, of a location Aštarti); — in Bashan (near Edrei) Deuteronomy 1:4 (רֹת-), Joshua 12:4; 13:12, 31 (all + אֶדְרֶ֫עִי), 9:10; 1 Chronicles 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. עַשְׁתָּרָה בֵּית) Joshua 21:27; also קַרְנַיִם עַשְׁתְּרֹת Genesis 14:5 (ᵐ5 Ασταρωθ Καρναιν, compare GFMJBL xvi(1897), 155 f. who explains name as Ashtereth of the two-peaked mountain); compare further, קַרְנַיִם Amos 6:13; — site probably either Tel ±Aštara, 21 miles east of Sea of Galilee, or Muzeirib, 8 miles further south; possibly both occur in OT; compare especially DrAshtaroth in HastDB DiGenesis 14:5), BuhlGeorg. 248 ff. GASmEncy. Bib. 335 f. |
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