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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #831 - אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Transliteration

'ashqelôn

Phonetics

ash-kel-one'

Origin

probably from (H8254) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Askelon or Ashkelon = “the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed”

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (12)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

NAS (12)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

HCS (12)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

BSB (12)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

ESV (15)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

WEB (12)

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Verse Results

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַשְׁקְלוֹן (perhaps “migration,” from the root שׁקל, Aram. to migrate; comp. פְּלֶשֶׁת), pr.n. Ascalon, [Askelon, Ashkelon], a maritime city of the Philistines, Judges 1:18, 14:19 1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 1:20. Arab. عسقلان [’Askŭlân], which name is still retained by the little village standing in the ruins of the ancient city. The Gent. noun is אַשְׁקְלוֹנִי [Eshkalonites], Joshua 13:3.

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List of Word Forms

אַשְׁקְל֑וֹן אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן אַשְׁקְל֤וֹן אשקלון וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן ואשקלון לְאַשְׁקְל֣וֹן לאשקלון מֵֽאַשְׁקְל֑וֹן מאשקלון ’aš·qə·lō·wn ’ašqəlōwn ashkeLon lə’ašqəlōwn lə·’aš·qə·lō·wn leashkeLon mê’ašqəlōwn mê·’aš·qə·lō·wn meashkeLon veashkeLon wə’ašqəlōwn wə·’aš·qə·lō·wn

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