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Lexicon :: Strong's H6251 - ʿaštārôṯ

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עַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Transliteration
ʿaštārôṯ
Pronunciation
ash-ter-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from עָשַׁר (H6238)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1718a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עשתרת (Gesenius) עשתרה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עַשְׁתְּרָה ʻashtᵉrâh, ash-ter-aw'; probably from H6238; increase:—flock.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H6251 in the following manner: flock (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H6251 in the following manner: flock (4x).
  1. ewe, flock, increase, young

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַשְׁתְּרָה ʻashtᵉrâh, ash-ter-aw'; probably from H6238; increase:—flock.
STRONGS H6251: Abbreviations
† II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת] noun plural feminine only construct in phrase עַשְׁתְּר(וֺ)ת צאֶֹ נ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4, 18, 51 (all || שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ) usually interpreted either as a. = ewes (Thes) or as b. = young (compare veneres gregis; in either case with reference to ‘Aštart as goddess of fecundity; RSSemitic i. 292, 457 f., 2nd ed. 310, 476 f., adopting b, thinks one type of ‘Ašt in Canaan had form of sheep, so DrDeuteronomy 7:13); compare also bdb080001 as name of land fertilized by dew and rain WeSkizzen iii. 170.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

7:13; 7:13; 28:4; 28:18; 28:51

H6251

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6251 matches the Hebrew עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (ʿaštārôṯ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - He will love you and bless you, and he will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land he swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Your children and your crops
will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Your children and your crops
will be cursed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - Its armies will devour your livestock and crops, and you will be destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, olive oil, calves, or lambs, and you will starve to death.
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