Ashtaroth
עַשְׁתָּרוֹתStrong’s H6252ashtarot (ash-ta-rot)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashtarot is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashtaroth”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:”
Meaning
- § Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star"
- Beeshterah = "with increase"
How it's translated
- in ashtaroth 4
- the ashtaroth 3
- and the ashtaroth 2
- ashtaroth 2
- and ashtaroth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 4
- 1 Samuel 4
- Judges 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 9:10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 12:4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
- Joshua 13:12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
- Joshua 13:31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
- Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
- Judges 10:6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Hebrew dictionary
עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ashtarot · Ashtaroth
§ Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star" false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult
בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה beeshterah · Beeshterah
Beeshterah = "with increase" a Levitical city in Manasseh, east of the Jordan; probably identical with 'Ashtaroth' Another name of ash.ta.rot (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת "Ashtaroth" H6252H)
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.