Strong’s H6252 · Hebrew

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת
ʻAshtârôwth
ash-taw-roth'

Definition

Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

Etymology

or עַשְׁתָּרֹת; plural of H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • Asharoth
  • Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)
  • H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת)
  • H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.