אַשְׁדּוֹדʼAshdôwd

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁדַדshâdad · H7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
• ἌζωτοςÁzōtos · G108Azotus (i.e. Ashdod), a place in Palestine
• אַשְׁדּוֹדִיʼAshdôwdîy · H796an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of Asdod

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

• Joshua 11:22 None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
• Joshua 15:46 From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.
• Joshua 15:47 It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1 Samuel 5:1 After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
• 1 Samuel 5:5 That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod will step on its threshold.
• 1 Samuel 5:6 Then the Lord’s heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.