Ashtoreth
עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶתStrong’s H6253ashtoret (ash-to-ret)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashtoret is the Hebrew word usually translated “astarte”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”
Meaning
- A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte
How it's translated
- to astarte 2
- astarte 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Hebrew dictionary
עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת ashtoret · Ashtoreth
A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte § Ashtoreth = "star" the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility 1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
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.