Young
עַשְׁתָּרוֹתStrong’s H6251ashterah (ash-te-rah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashterah is the Hebrew word usually translated “young ones of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”
Meaning
- Ewe, flock, increase, young
How it's translated
- and young ones of 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- Deuteronomy 28:51And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Hebrew dictionary
עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ashterah · young
ewe, flock, increase, young
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “young” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
YOUNG, adjective
Yung. [G., Latin ]
- Not having been long born; being in the first part of life; not old; used of animals; as a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
- Being in the first part of growth; as a young plant; a young tree.
- Ignorant; weak; or rather, having little experience.
All definitions and other forms of “young”
YOUNG, noun
The offspring of animals, either a single animal, or offspring collectively. The cow will take care of her young as will the hen. Animals make provision for their young
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.