H6252

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת

ʻAshtârôwth · ash-taw-roth'

Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

Lexicon

Derivation: or עַשְׁתָּרֹת; plural of H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Asharoth, Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת), H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת), H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם).

Letters

עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign

To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַשְׁתָּרוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and ashtaroth7 · 58%
at astaroth1 · 8%
which was at ashtaroth1 · 8%
at ashtaroth1 · 8%
in ashtaroth1 · 8%
of ashtaroth1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת2וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ת1עַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת1הָעַשְׁתָּר֡וֹת1בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃1הָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1וְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹת1וְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃1עַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת1בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹ֖ת1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.