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Ashkelon

אַשְׁקְלוֹןStrong’s H0831

ashqelon (ash-qe-lon)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ashqelon is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashkelon” and “from ashkelon”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.”
Zechariah 9:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
How it's translated
  • ashkelon 8
  • and ashkelon 2
  • for ashkelon 1
  • from ashkelon 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 3
  • Judges 2
  • Zephaniah 2
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Amos 1

7 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אַשְׁקְלוֹן ashqelon · Ashkelon

Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed" a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem Also named: esh.qe.lo.ni (אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי "Ashkelon" H0832)

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.