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Lexicon :: Strong's H831 - 'ašqᵊlôn

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אַשְׁקְלוֹן
Transliteration
'ašqᵊlôn
Pronunciation
ash-kel-one'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from שָׁקַל (H8254) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)
Strong’s Definitions

אַשְׁקְלוֹן ʼAshqᵉlôwn, ash-kel-one'; probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart); Ashkelon, a place in Palestine:—Ashkelon, Askalon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H831 in the following manner: Ashkelon (9x), Askelon (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H831 in the following manner: Ashkelon (9x), Askelon (3x).

  1. Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"

    1. a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַשְׁקְלוֹן ʼAshqᵉlôwn, ash-kel-one'; probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart); Ashkelon, a place in Palestine:—Ashkelon, Askalon.
STRONGS H831: Abbreviations
† אַשְׁקְלוֺן proper name, of a location a city of the Philistines (Assyrian Isqaluna COTGloss DlPa 290; Phoenician adjective, of a people compare below) Judges 1:18; Judges 14:19; 1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 1:20; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:5, 7; Amos 1:8; Zephaniah 2:4, 7; Zechariah 9:5 (twice in verse); on the Mediterranean Sea, south of west from Jerusalem, modern `Asqalân, Surveyiii. 237 f. (with plan); compare also ZPVii. 164 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

1:18; 14:19

1 Samuel

6:17

2 Samuel

1:20

Jeremiah

25:20; 47:5; 47:7

Amos

1:8

Zephaniah

2:4; 2:7

Zechariah

9:5

H831

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H831 matches the Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן ('ašqᵊlôn),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - And Judah took Gazah and its border, and Ashkelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - And these are the golden sores which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gazah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - Tell it not in Gath, carry not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - 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 Gazah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - How shouldest thou be quiet? -- For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for Jehovah their God shall visit them, and turn again their captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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