Strong H6253עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת
Ashtoreth
- Transliteration
- ‛ashtôreth
- Pronunciation
- ash-to'-reth
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Female of some kind
Definition
Probably for H6251; {Ashtoreth} the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase): - Ashtoreth.
Meaning of the name
Ashtoreth = "star"
Detailed definition
A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte
In the biblical story
Ashtoreth
A Syrian goddess of fertility and war
Ashtoreth, was a Sidonian goddess of fertility and war whose worship was condemned in the Bible.
In the Bible
Strong H6253 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ashtoreth3
First verses
- 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.