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Lexicon :: Strong's H6138 - ʿeqrôn

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עֶקְרוֹן
Transliteration
ʿeqrôn
Pronunciation
ek-rone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֶקְרוֹן ʻEqrôwn, ek-rone'; from H6131; eradication; Ekron, a place in Palestine:—Ekron.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H6138 in the following manner: Ekron (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H6138 in the following manner: Ekron (22x).

  1. Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots"

    1. the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶקְרוֹן ʻEqrôwn, ek-rone'; from H6131; eradication; Ekron, a place in Palestine:—Ekron.
STRONGS H6138: Abbreviations
עֶקְרוֺן 22 proper name, of a location Ekrôn, Ακκαρων (in Assyrian Amḳarruna COTGlossary, DlPa 289 who proposes עַקָּרוֺן); — Philistine city, one of the famous five, Amos 1:8; Joshua 13:3 (D) + 4 times Joshua (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 5:10 (twice in verse) + 5 times 1 Samuel; 2 Kings 1:2, 3, 6, 16; Jeremiah 25:20; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:5, 7; modern `Âkir RobBR i. 227 ff. GASmGeogr. 198 BuhlGeogr. 187 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

13:3

Judges

1:18

1 Samuel

5:10

2 Kings

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:16

Jeremiah

25:20

Amos

1:8

Zephaniah

2:4

Zechariah

9:5; 9:7

H6138

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6138 matches the Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן (ʿeqrôn),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the Shihor [waterway] which is east of Egypt [at the southern end of Canaan], northward to the border of Ekron (all of it regarded as Canaanite); the five rulers of the Philistines: the Gazite, Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the [fn]Avvite

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - The border proceeded to the slope [of the hill] of Ekron northward, then curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel. Then the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45 -

Ekron, with its [fn]towns and villages;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - from Ekron even to the sea, all that were beside Ashdod, with their villages;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:43 - and Elon and Timnah and Ekron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Also [the warriors of] Judah captured Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to [fn]Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel [from Gath] to [fn]us, to kill us and [fn]our people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:16 - When the five lords of the Philistines saw what happened, they returned to Ekron that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 -

These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath and one for Ekron [the five chief cities of the Philistines];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered the cities’ territory from the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - The men of Israel and Judah stood with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the [fatally] wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Ahaziah [the king of Israel] fell through the lattice (grid) in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became sick [from the injury]. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of [fn]Ekron, if I will recover from this sickness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the [fn]Tishbite, “[fn]Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then Elijah said to Ahaziah, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but will certainly die.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - and all the foreign (mixed) population, all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (and [their cities of] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 -

“And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod,

And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;

And I will unleash My power and turn My hand [in judgment] against Ekron,

And the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall die,”

Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 -

For [this is the fate of the Philistines:] Gaza will be abandoned

And Ashkelon a desolation;

[The people of] Ashdod will be driven out at noon [in broad daylight]

And Ekron will be uprooted and destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 -

[fn]Ashkelon will see it and fear;

Gaza will writhe in pain,

And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined.

The king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 -

I will take the blood from their mouths

And their detestable things from between their teeth [those repulsive, idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood].

Then they too will be a remnant for our God,

And be like a clan in Judah,

And Ekron will be like one of the [fn]Jebusites.

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