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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 2 times in 2 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - In addition, Judah captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
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