Original Word: עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Ashtoreth
Phonetic Spelling: (ash-to'reth)
Short Definition: Ashtoreth ±Aštœreth, < ±Ašt¹rt, ±Aštéreth (see below) (MI¹⁷ ; Phoenician (+ often in proper names), proper name Cook^{Acad. Jan.18, 1896} Sabean proper name, of deity see especially Os^{ZMG xx (1866), 279 f.} DHM^{ib. xxxvii (1883), 376} Fell^{Sab. Gotternamen, ZMG liv (1900), 231 ff., especially 237 ff.}; Assyrian Ištar; Old Aramaic, Palmyrene (= ) in proper name; in Egyptian ±astirati WMM^As.u.Eur.313; Greek ; on their Greek equivalents (e.g. ) compare Lewy^{Fremdw. 148, 186 f, 250}); — probably artificial, to suggest , originally -, -, compare Ištar, , etc.; 1 Kings 11:5 2t.; plural - Judges 2:13 + 3t.+ - 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 31:10 read probably singular (Dr and others); — ±Aštart, ±Aštereth (, plural , but Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4 ), ancient Semitic goddess (with male counterpart in Moabite, Sabean and apparently Phoenician); Phoenician deity, 1 Kings 11:5,33, 2 Kings 23:13; so probably 1 Samuel 31:10 (reading singular; see especially Dr); elsewhere plural, of various local goddesses, called (compareAssyrian ilâni u ištarat = gods and Ištars (i.e. goddesses), usually + , as Canaanitish deities Judges 2:13; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; "" 1 Samuel 7:3. — See especially Dr^{Ashtoreth in} Hast^DB; on Išitar Jastr^Rel. Babylonian passive especially 202 f.; on `Athtar Bae<sup>Rel. 117 f</sup>; on Phoenician on `Aštart Pietschm^{Geschichte. Phön. 184 f.}; on ±Ashtoreth Barton^{JBL x (1891), 73 ff.} GFM^{Ency. Bib}.

Ashtoreth

Probably for ashtrah; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) -- Ashtoreth.

see HEBREW ashtrah

לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮ לעשתרת עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת עשתרת ‘aš·tō·reṯ ‘aštōreṯ ashToret lə‘aštōreṯ lə·‘aš·tō·reṯ leashtoRetInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 6253
3 Occurrences

‘aš·tō·reṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·‘aš·tō·reṯ — 2 Occ.

1 Kings 11:5
HEB: שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים
KJV: after Ashtoreth the goddess
INT: Solomon after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians

1 Kings 11:33
HEB: עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֮ לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י צִֽדֹנִין֒
KJV: me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess
INT: have forsaken worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians

2 Kings 23:13
HEB: מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים
KJV: had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination
INT: the king of Israel Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians

3 Occurrences