H795

אַשְׁדּוֹד

ʼAshdôwd · ash-dode'

Ashdod, a place in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: from H7703 (שָׁדַד); ravager;

Ashdod, a place in Palestine

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

KJV renderings: Ahdod.

Letters

אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
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
דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in

Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַשְׁדּוֹד 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

17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms

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

ashdod3 · 18%
of ashdod3 · 18%
unto ashdod2 · 12%
in ashdod2 · 12%
and in ashdod1 · 6%
even ashdod1 · 6%
for ashdod1 · 6%
about ashdod1 · 6%
against ashdod1 · 6%
from ashdod1 · 6%
at ashdod1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד3בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד2בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד2לְאַשְׁדּ֨וֹד1אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה׃1אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה1מֵֽאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד1אַשְׁדּֽוֹד׃1אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד1בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד1אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד1אַשְׁדּ֑וֹד1

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