ekron · Ekron

What it means

ekron (עֶקְרוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ekron”.

The northernmost of the five Philistine cities.

How to say it

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.

The place

• Ekron

  Today: Tel Miqne (Ekron) ruins, Israel

  A Philistine city on the plain, about 22 miles (35 km) west of Jerusalem.

  The ark was taken there and the people were afraid (1 Sam 5:10). King Ahaziah sent to ask its god instead of the God of Israel (2 Kgs 1:2).

  1 Samuel 5:101 Samuel 17:522 Kings 1:2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×5
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×7
• 2 Kings×4
• Jeremiah×1
• Amos×1
• Zephaniah×1
• Zechariah×2

• Joshua 13:3

  (from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and as far as the border of Ekron to the north, it is counted as Canaanite); the five rulers of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; and the Avvites

• Joshua 15:11

  and the border went out to the slope of Ekron to the north, and the border bent to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel, and the ends of the border were at the sea.

• Joshua 15:45

  Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

• Joshua 15:46

  from Ekron to the sea, all that were beside Ashdod, with their villages;

• Joshua 19:43

  Elon, Timnath, Ekron,

• Judges 1:18

  Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.

• 1 Samuel 5:10

  So they sent the ark of Elohim to Ekron. And it happened, as the ark of Elohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have moved the ark of the Elohim of Israel around to me to put me to death and my people!”

• 1 Samuel 6:16

  And the five lords of the Philistines saw it and returned to Ekron that day.

• 1 Samuel 6:17

  And these are the gold tumors that the Philistines restored as a guilt offering to YHWH: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

• 1 Samuel 7:14

  And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

• 1 Samuel 17:52

  The men of Israel and of Judah rose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. And the dead of the Philistines fell on the road of Shaaraim, as far as Gath and as far as Ekron.

• 2 Kings 1:2

  Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room that was in Samaria and became sick. He sent messengers and said to them, “Go, consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live through this sickness.”

• 2 Kings 1:3

  But the angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are going to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

• 2 Kings 1:6

  They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and speak to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are sending to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”’”

• 2 Kings 1:16

  He spoke to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no Elohim in Israel to consult his word? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”

• Jeremiah 25:20

  and all the mixed peoples, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

• Amos 1:8

  And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says Adonai YHWH.

• Zephaniah 2:4

  For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod, at noon they will drive her out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

• Zechariah 9:5

  Ashkelon will see it and fear, and Gaza, and will writhe greatly, and Ekron, for her expectation has been put to shame; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

• Zechariah 9:7

  And I will remove his blood from his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth; and he too will be left for our Elohim, and he will be like a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron like the Jebusite.

And 2 more times.