עַשְׁתָּרוֹתʻAshtârôwth
proper name [of a location]: in Bashan (near Edrei) (Deuteronomy 1:4; Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12; Joshua 13:31; Joshua 9:10)
Pronunciation: ash-taw-roth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6252
Same root
- עַשְׁתְּרָהʻashtᵉrâh · H6251increase
- בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹתBêyth ʻAshtârôwth · H1045Beth-Ashtaroth, a place in Palestine
- בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָהBᵉʻeshtᵉrâh · H1203Beeshterah, a place East of the Jordan
- עַשְׁתְּרָתִיʻAshtᵉrâthîy · H6254an Ashterathite or inhabitant of Ashtaroth
- עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִםʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim · H6255Ashteroth-Karnaim, a place East of the Jordan
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 1:4 This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 9:10 We have also heard what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan (who lived in Ashtaroth).
- Joshua 12:4 King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.
- Joshua 13:12 and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites, for Moses had attacked them and driven them out.
- Joshua 13:31 It also included half of Gilead and King Og’s royal cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei. All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir, who was Manasseh’s son.
- Judges 2:13 They abandoned the Lord to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
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).