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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 Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon H831 with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD [fn]came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon H831 and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, 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 Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, H831 one for Gath, one for Ekron;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - “Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, H831
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - and all the [fn]foreign people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, H831 Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod);

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - “Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon H831 has been ruined.
O remnant of their valley,
How long will you gash yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - “How can [fn]it be quiet,
When the LORD has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon H831 and against the seacoast—
There He has assigned it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - “I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; H831
I will even [fn]unleash My [fn]power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord [fn]GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon H831 a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And Ekron will be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the coast will be
For the remnant of the house of Judah,
They will pasture on it.
In the houses of Ashkelon H831 they will lie down at evening;
For the LORD their God will care for them
And restore their fortune.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon H831 will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon H831 will not be inhabited.
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