Strong H6139עֶקְרוֹנִי
Ekron
- Transliteration
- ‛eqrônîy ‛eqrônîy
- Pronunciation
- {ek-ro-nee'} ek-ro-nee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H6138; an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron: - Ekronite.
Detailed definition
Ekron, one of the five principal Philistine cities, located in southwestern Canaan.
In the biblical story
Ekron
One of the five major Philistine city-states
Ekron, one of the five principal Philistine cities, located in southwestern Canaan.
In the Bible
Strong H6139 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ekronites2
First verses
- Joshua 13:3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- 1 Samuel 5:10Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.