אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַʼEshtᵉmôaʻ

Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: esh-tem-o'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H851

Meanings

proper name [of a location]: Levitical city in mountain-country of Judah, south of Hebron, it appears as proper name, masculine of a man of Judah (Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:28; 1 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Chronicles 4:19; 1 Chronicles 6:42)

Same root

שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

Joshua 15:50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
Joshua 21:14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,
1 Samuel 30:28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
1 Chronicles 4:17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives became the mother of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (the father of Eshtemoa).
1 Chronicles 4:19 Hodiah’s wife was the sister of Naham. One of her sons was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another was the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
1 Chronicles 6:57 So the descendants of Aaron were given the following towns, each with its pasturelands: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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).