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Ashtoreth <a href="../hebrew/6254.htm" title="6254">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Ashtoreth: Ashtoreth</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">עַשְׁתֹּרֶת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>`Ashtoreth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ash-to-reth<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ash-to'reth)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Ashtoreth<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Ashtoreth<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Semitic root עשתר (ʿštr), related to the Akkadian goddess Ishtar.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, but related concepts of idolatry and foreign gods can be found in entries such as G1497 (eidolon - idol) and G1496 (eidololatria - idolatry).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Ashtoreth refers to a prominent Canaanite goddess associated with love, war, and fertility. In the Hebrew Bible, she is often depicted as a foreign deity whose worship was in direct opposition to the worship of Yahweh. Ashtoreth is frequently mentioned in the context of idolatry and apostasy among the Israelites.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Ashtoreth was widely worshiped in the ancient Near East, particularly among the Canaanites and Phoenicians. She is often equated with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar and the Greek goddess Astarte. Her worship involved rituals that were considered abominable by the Israelites, including temple prostitution and possibly child sacrifice. The Israelites were repeatedly warned against adopting the religious practices of the surrounding nations, including the worship of Ashtoreth.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>the same as <a href="/hebrew/6252b.htm">Ashtoreth</a>, q.v.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of deities</b></font> <i>±Aštœreth</i>, < <i>±Ašt¹rt, ±Aštéreth</i> (see below) (MI<sup>17</sup> <font class="hebrew2">עשתר כמש</font>; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">עשתרת</font> (+ often in proper names), proper name <font class="hebrew2">עבד עשתר</font> Cook<sup>Acad. Jan.18, 1896</sup> Sabean proper name, of deity <font class="hebrew2">עתֿתר</font> see especially Os<sup>ZMG xx (1866), 279 f.</sup> DHM<sup>ib. xxxvii (1883), 376</sup> Fell<sup>Sab. Gotternamen, ZMG liv (1900), 231 ff., especially 237 ff.</sup>; Assyrian <i><em>Ištar</em></i>; Old Aramaic, Palmyrene <font class="hebrew2">עתר</font> (= <font class="hebrew2">עתֿתר</font>) in proper name; in Egyptian <i><em>±astirati</em></i> WMM<sup>As.u.Eur.313</sup>; Greek <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ἀστάρτη</font>; on their Greek equivalents (e.g. <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ἀφροδίτη</font>) compare Lewy<sup>Fremdw. 148, 186 f, 250</sup>); — <font class="hebrew2">ֶֹ֯</font> probably artificial, to suggest <font class="hebrew2">בּשֶׁת</font>, originally <font class="hebrew2">תַּרְתְּ</font>-, <font class="hebrew2">תֶּרֶת</font>-, compare <em>Ištar</em>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασταρτη</font>, etc.; <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11-5.htm">1 Kings 11:5</a> 2t.; plural <font class="hebrew2">תָּרוֺת</font>- <a href="/interlinear/judges/2-13.htm">Judges 2:13</a> + 3t.+ <font class="hebrew2">רֹת</font>- <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-4.htm">1 Samuel 7:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/31-10.htm">1 Samuel 31:10</a> read probably singular (Dr and others); — <em>±Aštart, ±Aštereth</em> (<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασταρτη</font>, plural <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασταρται</font>, but <a href="/interlinear/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-4.htm">1 Samuel 7:4</a> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασταρωθ</font>), ancient Semitic goddess (with male counterpart in Moabite, Sabean and apparently Phoenician); Phoenician deity, <font class="hebrew2">עשׁתרת אֱלֹהֵי צִדֹנִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11-5.htm">1 Kings 11:5</a>,33, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שִׁקֻּץ צ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23-13.htm">2 Kings 23:13</a>; so probably <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בֵּית ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/31-10.htm">1 Samuel 31:10</a> (reading singular; see especially Dr); elsewhere plural, of various local goddesses, called <font class="hebrew2">עֲשְׁתָּרוֺת</font> (compareAssyrian <i><em>ilâni u ištarat = gods and Ištars</em></i> (i.e. goddesses), usually + <font class="hebrew2">בעל(יםׅ</font>, as Canaanitish deities <a href="/interlinear/judges/2-13.htm">Judges 2:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-4.htm">1 Samuel 7:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/12-10.htm">1 Samuel 12:10</a>; "" <font class="hebrew2">אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-3.htm">1 Samuel 7:3</a>. — See especially Dr<sup>Ashtoreth in</sup> Hast<sup>DB</sup>; on <em>Išitar</em> Jastr<sup>Rel.</sup> Babylonian passive especially 202 f.; on <em>`Athtar</em> Bae<sup>Rel. 117 f</sup>; on Phoenician on <em>`Aštart</em> Pietschm<sup>Geschichte. Phön. 184 f.</sup>; on <em>±Ashtoreth</em> Barton<sup>JBL x (1891), 73 ff.</sup> GFM<sup>Ency. Bib</sup>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Ashtoreth <p>Probably for <a href="/hebrew/6251.htm">ashtrah</a>; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) -- Ashtoreth. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6251.htm">ashtrah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮ לעשתרת עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת עשתרת ‘aš·tō·reṯ ‘aštōreṯ ashToret lə‘aštōreṯ lə·‘aš·tō·reṯ leashtoRet<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_kings/11-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 11:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י <b> עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת </b> אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> after <span class="itali">Ashtoreth</span> the goddess<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Solomon after <span class="itali">Ashtoreth</span> the goddess of the Sidonians<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/11-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 11:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֮ <b> לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮ </b> אֱלֹהֵ֣י צִֽדֹנִין֒</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> me, and have worshipped <span class="itali">Ashtoreth</span> the goddess<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/11-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have forsaken worshiped <span class="itali">Ashtoreth</span> the goddess of the Sidonians<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/23-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 23:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל <b> לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת ׀ </b> שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> had builded <span class="itali">for Ashtoreth</span> the abomination<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the king of Israel <span class="itali">Ashtoreth</span> the abomination of the Sidonians<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6253.htm">3 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6253.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6253<br>3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ashtoret_6253.htm">‘aš·tō·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leashtoret_6253.htm">lə·‘aš·tō·reṯ — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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