ἈΣΤΑΡΩΘ, ἀσταρωθ
ASTARŌTH, astarōth
Sounds Like: as-TA-roth
Translations: Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth
From the root: ἈΣΤΑΡΩΘ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to a pagan goddess worshipped by various ancient Near Eastern peoples, including the Canaanites and Phoenicians. She was often associated with fertility, war, and sexuality. The name is a transliteration of the Hebrew 'Ashtoreth'. In the Old Testament, the worship of Ashtaroth is frequently condemned as idolatry.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Does not inflect (indeclinable proper noun)
Strong’s number: G7951 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 14:5
- Deuteronomy — 1:4
- Joshua — 9:16, 12:4, 13:12, 13:31, 16:5, 16:7, 24:33
- Judges — 10:6
- 1 Samuel — 7:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΤΑΡΩΘ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΤΑΡΩΘΕΙ — Ashtaroth, Astaroth
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