עַשְׁתֹּרֶת
ʻAshtôreth · ash-to'reth
Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably for H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);
Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ashtoreth.
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
- 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 › 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 of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַשְׁתֹּרֶת 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ashtoreth2 · 67%
- for ashtoreth1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.