עַשְׁתְּרָהʻashtᵉrâh
usually interpreted either as
Pronunciation: ash-ter-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6251
Meanings
a. = ewes, or as
b. = young
Same root
- עָשַׁרʻâshar · H6238properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
- בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָהBᵉʻeshtᵉrâh · H1203Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
- עַשְׁתָּרוֹתʻAshtârôwth · H6252Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan
- עַשְׁתֹּרֶתʻAshtôreth · H6253Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.
- Deuteronomy 28:4 Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.
- Deuteronomy 28:18 Your children and your crops will be cursed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be cursed.
- Deuteronomy 28:51 Its armies will devour your livestock and crops, and you will be destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, olive oil, calves, or lambs, and you will starve to death.
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).