Hebrew - English Dictionary
H6253 - Ashtoreth
Strong's No.: | H6253 |
Hebrew: | עַשְׁתֹּרֶת |
Transliteration: | ʻAshtôreth |
Phonetic: | ash-to'reth |
Word Origin: | Probably for H6251 |
Bible Usage: | Ashtoreth. |
Part of Speech: | Proper Name Feminine |
Strongs Definition: | {Ashtoreth} the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) |
Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | Ashtoreth = "star" 1. the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility a. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans |
Bible References:
Ashtoreth |
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Translation Occurrences: |
Ashtoreth ( 3 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.