אַשְׁקְלוֹן
ashklon · Ashkelon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H831 · appears 12 times in the Bible
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ashklon (אַשְׁקְלוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ashkelon”.
One of the five cities of the Philistines, on the coast.
How to say it
ash·klon
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
Ashkelon
Today: Ashkelon, Israel
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Samson killed thirty men there to pay a bet (Judg 14:19). It was one of the five main Philistine cities (1 Sam 6:17).
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Where it appears
- Judges 1:18
Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.
- Judges 14:19
Then the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them, took what they had on, and gave the changes of clothes to those who had explained the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
- 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;
- 2 Samuel 1:20
Do not report it in Gath, do not carry the news to the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- 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;
- Jeremiah 47:5
Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been silenced, the remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?
- Jeremiah 47:7
How can you be quiet, when YHWH has given it orders? Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea, there he has appointed it.
- 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.
- Zephaniah 2:7
And the strip will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; on them they will graze; in the houses of Ashkelon in the evening they will lie down; for YHWH their Elohim will attend to them and turn back their captivity.
- 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.
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