◄ H6253 ►
עשׁתּרת
Transliteration
Ashtoreth;
Pronunciation
ash-to'reth
Parts of Speech
n pr f
Root Word (Etymology)
probably for 6251
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1718
KJV Translation Count — 3x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Ashtoreth (3)
Outline of Biblical Usage
shtoreth = "star"
1. the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
a. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
Strong's Definitions
`Ashtoreth, ash-to'reth; probably for 6251; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase): — Ashtoreth.
Concordance Results Using KJV
For Solomon went after H6253 the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped H6253 the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for H6253 the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.