`Ashtoreth - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H6253 עַשׁתּוֹרֶת (`Ashtoreth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Ashtoreth (ash-to'reth) n/p. 1. Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) [probably for H6251] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include ashtoreth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Ashtoreth (ash-to'reth) n/p. 1. Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) [probably for H6251] KJV: Ashtoreth. Root(s): H6251
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6253. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Ashtoreth
Usage: A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte § Ashtoreth = "star" the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility 1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `Ashtoreth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth 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 Ashtoreth 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.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6253.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth 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 Ashtoreth 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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6253, grouped by book.
Ashtoreth (Strong's H6253) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ashtoreth". `Ashtoreth (ash-to'reth) n/p. 1. Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase) [probably for H6251]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H6253 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6253 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ashtoreth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.