עַזָּתִיʻAzzâthîy
of foregoing, with article as substantive collective (Joshua 13:3; Judges 16:2)
Pronunciation: az-zaw-thee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5841
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 13:3 and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites
- Judges 16:2 Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, “When the light of morning comes, we will kill him.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).