Ekron
עֶקְרוֹןStrong’s H6138eqron (eq-ron)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eqron is the Hebrew word usually translated “ekron” and “from ekron”. It appears in 20 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.”
Meaning
- Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots"
How it's translated
- ekron 15
- and ekron 4
- from ekron 2
- for ekron 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 5
- 1 Samuel 5
- 2 Kings 4
- Zechariah 2
- Judges 1
- Jeremiah 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 9:7In contextAnd I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
- Joshua 13:3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Joshua 15:11And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
- Joshua 15:45Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
- Joshua 15:46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
- Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Hebrew dictionary
עֶקְרוֹן eqron · Ekron
Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots" the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan Also named: eq.ro.ni (עֶקְרוֹנִי "Ekron" H6139)
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.