Definition

Beth-Ashtaroth, a place in Palestine

Etymology

; from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת); house of Ashtoreths;

Word family

• בַּיִת bayith
• עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ʻAshtârôwth

How the KJV renders it

• house of Ashtaroth. Compare H1203 (בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה)
• H6252 (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)

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.