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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 BoxJos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the [fn]wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Accaron on the left of the Chananites the land is reckoned to the five principalities of the Phylistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Azotus, and of Ascalon, and of Geth, and of Accaron, and to the Evite;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - And the border terminates behind Accaron northward, and the borders will terminate at Socchoth, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Lebna, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders shall be toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45 - Accaron and her villages, and their hamlets:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:43 - and Elon, and Thamnatha, and Accaron;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, nor Azotus nor the lands around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have ye brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:16 - And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - And these are the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored; and they restored them to Israel from [fn]Ascalon to Azob: and they took the coast of Israel out of the hand of the Philistines; and there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Juda [fn]arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to [fn]Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the [fn]gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? but it shall not be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - (LXX 32:20) and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - And I will destroy the inhabitants out of Azotus, and a tribe shall be cut off from Ascalon, and I will stretch out my hand upon Accaron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed [fn]at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.
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