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Strong's #795 - אַשְׁדּוֹד

Transliteration
ʼAshdôwd
Phonetics
ash-dode'
Origin
from (H7703)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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אַשְׁדּוֹדִי
Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ashdod = “powerful”

1) a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (17)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
NAS (17)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
HCS (16)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
BSB (17)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
ESV (17)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
WEB (17)
Joshua 3
1 Samuel 5
2 Chronicles 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Amos 2
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 אַשְׁדּוֺד proper name, of a location Ashdod (Assyrian Asdudu, COT Gloss Dl Pa 289; Thes MV derive from √ שׁדד q. v.) a powerful city of the Philistines on Mediterranean Sea, west from Jerusalem, modern Esdûd, Joshua 11:22; Joshua 15:46,47 (where assigned to Judah) 1 Samuel 5:5,6 (but strike out Dr compare ᵐ5) 1 Samuel 6:17; Amos 1:8; Amos 3:9; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:6; Isaiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:20; 2 Chronicles 26:6 with ָ  ה locative 1 Samuel 5:1; Isaiah 20:1; ׳אַנְשֵׁי א 1 Samuel 5:7; apparently = territory of Ashdod 2 Chronicles 26:6 וַיִּבְנֶה עָרִים בְּאַשְׁדּוֺד. (compare Survey J, 442.)


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַשְׁדּוֹד (“a fortified place,” “a castle,” for שְׁדֹד l. c. from שָׁדַד), Ashdod, Ἀζωτός, pr.n. one of the five chief cities of the Philistines (although assigned to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:4), Joshua 11:22, 15:46 1 Samuel 5:1; Isaiah 20:1. It was the fortress of Palestine, on the borders of Palestine and Egypt, compare Isa. l. cit. and Herod. ii. 157. There still exists the village Esdûd or Atzud. See Rosenm. Alterthumskunde, ii. 2, page 374, seq. The Gentile noun is אַשְׁדּוֹדִי, fem. ־ִית, and the latter as an adv. in the tongue or dialect of Ashdod, Nehemiah 13:23.


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List of Word Forms
אַשְׁדּ֑וֹד אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד אַשְׁדּ֗וֹד אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה׃ אַשְׁדּֽוֹד׃ אשדוד אשדוד׃ אשדודה אשדודה׃ בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד באשדוד וּבְאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד ובאשדוד לְאַשְׁדּ֨וֹד לאשדוד מֵֽאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד מאשדוד ’aš·dō·w·ḏāh ’aš·dō·wḏ ’ašdōwḏ ’ašdōwḏāh ashDod ashDodah bə’ašdōwḏ bə·’aš·dō·wḏ beashDod lə’ašdōwḏ lə·’aš·dō·wḏ leashDod mê’ašdōwḏ mê·’aš·dō·wḏ meashDod ū·ḇə·’aš·dō·wḏ ūḇə’ašdōwḏ uveashDod
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