Strong H6252H6252Gעַשְׁתָּרוֹת

Ashtaroth

Transliteration: ‛ashtârôth ‛ashtârôth
Pronunciation: {ash-taw-roth'} ash-taw-roth'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Female of some kind OR of a Location

Definition

Ashtaroth was a Canaanite goddess of fertility and war whose worship was condemned in the Bible.

Meaning of the name

Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star"

General definition

Plural of H6251; {Ashtaroth} the name of a Sidonian {deity} and of a place East of the Jordan: - {Ashtaroth} Astaroth. See also {H1045 } {H6253 } H6255 .

In the biblical story

Ashtaroth

A Canaanite goddess of fertility and war

Ashtaroth was a Canaanite goddess of fertility and war whose worship was condemned in the Bible.

In the Bible

Strong H6252G appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ashtaroth6

First verses

Judges 2:13
And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Judges 10:6
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 7:4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
1 Samuel 12:10
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel 31:10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.

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