Strong H6252H6252Hעַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Ashtaroth
One of the 2 senses of Strong H6252
- Transliteration
- ‛ashtârôth ‛ashtârôth
- Pronunciation
- {ash-taw-roth'} ash-taw-roth'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Ashtaroth or Beeshterah, a city in Bashan, ruled by King Og and later allotted to the Levites.
Meaning of the name
Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star"
General definition
In the biblical story
Ashtaroth
A city of Og, king of Bashan.
Ashtaroth or Beeshterah, a city in Bashan, ruled by King Og and later allotted to the Levites.
In the Bible
Strong H6252H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ashtaroth5
- astaroth1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 1:4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
- Joshua 9:10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 12:4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
- Joshua 13:12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
- Joshua 13:31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: