Strong’s H6253 · Hebrew

עַשְׁתֹּרֶת
ʻAshtôreth
ash-to'reth

Definition

Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)

Etymology

probably for H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • Ashtoreth

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.