Ashdod
אַשְׁדּוֹדStrong’s H0795ashdod (ash-dod)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashdod is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashdod”, “ashdod towards” and “against ashdod”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.”
Meaning
- § Ashdod = "powerful"
How it's translated
- ashdod 7
- in ashdod 4
- ashdod towards 2
- and in ashdod 1
- for ashdod 1
- against ashdod 1
- from ashdod 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 5
- Joshua 3
- Amos 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 11:22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
- Joshua 15:46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
- Joshua 15:47Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
- 1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
- 1 Samuel 5:5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
- 1 Samuel 5:6But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
Hebrew dictionary
אַשְׁדּוֹד ashdod · Ashdod
§ Ashdod = "powerful" a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.