Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
Ashdod
Usage: § Ashdod = "powerful" a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud
Strong's Number
H795
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
15
Books
8
Strong's H795 Quick Answer
Strong's H795 אַשׁדּוֹד (Ashdowd) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ashdowd (ash-dode') n/l. 1. ravager 2. Ashdod, a place in Israel It has 15 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include ashdod. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- Ashdowd (ash-dode') n/l. 1. ravager 2. Ashdod, a place in Israel
- Usage
- 15 linked usages
- Books
- 8 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- ashdod
Meaning and Definition
Ashdowd (ash-dode') n/l. 1. ravager 2. Ashdod, a place in Israel [from H7703] KJV: Ahdod. Root(s): H7703
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H795. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H795 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ashdowd, 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.
Ashdod
Joshua 11:22
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How Strong's H795 Usage Compares
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.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H795 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H795 in the Old Testament
15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
Usage Excerpts
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H795.
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H795, grouped by book.
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H795 FAQ
What does ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד) mean?
Ashdod (Strong's H795) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ahdod". Ashdowd (ash-dode') n/l. 1. ravager 2. Ashdod, a place in Israel
How many times is ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H795 across 8 books.
Where can I study ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H795 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ashdod. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.