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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 Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45 - Ekron, with its towns and villages;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:46

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:43

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Also Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:16 - So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same 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 trespass offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of 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 - Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley[fn] and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel[fn] of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “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 - So they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn My hand against Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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