Strong's H831

אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Language:
Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

Derivation

probably from H8254 (שָׁקַל) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, אַשְׁקְלוֹן is translated as: Ashkelon, Askalon..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.