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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 - Also Yehudah took `Aza with the border of it, and Ashkelon with the border of it, and `Ekron with the border of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - The Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. 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 - These are the golden tumors which the Pelishtim returned for a trespass-offering to the LORD: for Ashdod one, for `Aza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gat one, for `Ekron one;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - Don't tell it in Gat, Don't publish it in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Pelishtim 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 mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the `Utz, and all the kings of the Pelishtim, and Ashkelon, and `Aza, 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 on `Aza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - How can you be quiet, seeing the LORD has given you a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there has he appointed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; And I will turn my hand against `Ekron; And the remnant of the Pelishtim will perish," says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For `Aza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and `Ekron will be rooted up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Yehudah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God, will visit them, and restore them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon will see it, and fear; `Aza also, and will writhe in agony; As will `Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; And the king will perish from `Aza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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