H831

אַשְׁקְלוֹן

ʼAshqᵉlôwn · ash-kel-one'

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: probably from H8254 (שָׁקַל) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart);

Ashkelon, 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: Ashkelon, Askalon.

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
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַשְׁקְלוֹן 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 · 9 distinct forms

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

and ashkelon3 · 25%
ashkelon2 · 17%
thereof, and askelon1 · 8%
to ashkelon1 · 8%
for askelon1 · 8%
of askelon1 · 8%
against ashkelon1 · 8%
from ashkelon1 · 8%
of ashkelon1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן2וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן2אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן2אַשְׁקְל֑וֹן1אַשְׁקְל֤וֹן1מֵֽאַשְׁקְל֑וֹן1אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן1אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן1לְאַשְׁקְל֣וֹן1

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