STRONGS H6252:
Abbreviations
† III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת proper name, of a location Ασταρωθ, etc., east of Jordan (name from worship of different forms of `Aštart; in Egyptian
‘astiratu, as east Jordan located WMM
As. u. Eur. 162, 313; compare Tel Amarna proper name, of a location
Aštarti); — in Bashan (near Edrei)
Deuteronomy 1:4 (
רֹת-),
Joshua 12:4;
Joshua 13:12,
Joshua 13:31 (all +
אֶדְרֶ֑עִי), [
H1203 Joshua 9:10];
1 Chronicles 6:56 [
1 Chronicles 6:71] =
בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e.
בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה)
Joshua 21:27; also
עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם [
H6255 Genesis 14:5] (
Ασταρωθ Καρναιν, compare GFM
JBL xvi (1897), 155 f. who explains name as
Ashtereth of the two-peaked mountain); compare further,
קַרְנַיִם [
H7161 Amos 6:13]; — site probably either
Tel ‘Aštara, 21 miles east of Sea of Galilee, or
Muzeirib, 8 miles further south; possibly both occur in OT; compare especially Dr
Ashtaroth in Hast
DB Di
Genesis 14:5), Buhl
Georg. 248 ff. GASm
Ency. Bib. 335 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Deuteronomy
1:4
Joshua
12:4; 13:12; 13:31; 21:27
1 Chronicles
6:71
