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Strong H831אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Ashkelon

Transliteration
'ashqelôn
Pronunciation
ash-kel-one'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing place (that {is} mart);
{Ashkelon} a place in Palestine: - {Ashkelon} Askalon.

Meaning of the name

Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"

Detailed definition

Ashkelon, one of the five principal Philistine cities, was captured by Judah but later became a symbol of judgment.

In the biblical story

Ashkelon

A major Philistine city, often a target of prophecy.

Ashkelon, one of the five principal Philistine cities, was captured by Judah but later became a symbol of judgment.

In the Bible

Strong H831 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ashkelon8
  • askelon2
  • thereof1

First verses

  1. Judges 1:18
    Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
  2. Judges 14:19
    And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
  3. 1 Samuel 6:17
    And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
  4. 2 Samuel 1:20
    Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
  5. Jeremiah 25:20
    And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
  6. Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
  7. Jeremiah 47:7
    How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
  8. Amos 1:8
    And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.
  9. Zephaniah 2:4
    For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
  10. Zephaniah 2:7
    And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
  11. Zechariah 9:5
    Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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