Strong's Lexicon

H6252

H6252 — עַשׁתָּרוֹת עַשׁתָּרוֹת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewAshtarowthnameOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1718b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6252
Word:עַשׁתָּרוֹת עַשׁתָּרוֹת
Part of Speech:name
Etymology:plural of H6251
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:Ashtarowth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`Ashtarowth (ash-taw-roth') (or bAshtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}) n/p.
Meaning:1. Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan
KJV Renderings:Asharoth, Astaroth. See also H1045, H6253, H6255.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6477

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) Deut 1:4 (רֹת-), Josh 12:4; Josh 13:12; Josh 13:31 (all + אֶדְרֶ֫עִי), Josh 9:10; 1Chr 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה) Josh 21:27 also עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם Gen 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 Di Gen 14:5 ), BuhlGeorg. 248 ff. GASmEncy. Bib. 335 f.


BDB7600

קַרְנַ֫יִם proper name [of a location] conquered by Israel Amos 6:13 (so Gr We Now GASm, compare also לֹא דְבָר above; ᵐ5 and most below קֶרֶן 2); probably in Bashan, = Καρναιν 1 Macc 5:43; 5:44, Καρνιον 2 Macc 12:21; also in ׳ עַשְׁתְּרוֺת ק Gen 14:5 (see III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת above).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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