עַשְׁתֹּרֶת
ashtoret · Ashtoreth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6253 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ashtoret (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ashtoreth”.
Goddess of the Sidonians and of other peoples of Canaan, worshiped together with Baal. The Hebrew calls her "god of the Sidonians" because it has no word for "goddess." In the plural, "the Ashtaroth," her images.
How to say it
ash·to·ret
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- 1 Kings 11:5
And Solomon went after Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, and after Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:33
because they have abandoned me and bowed down to Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my eyes, and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
- 2 Kings 23:13
The high places that were facing Jerusalem, which were to the right of the Mount of Destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Astarte, the detestable thing of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king made unclean.