עֶקְרוֹנִיʻEqrôwnîy

Ekrônite, of foregoing (Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 5:10)

Pronunciation: ek-ro-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6139

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
  • 1 Samuel 5:10 So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”

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).