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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #795 - אַשְׁדּוֹד

Transliteration

ʼAshdôwd

Phonetics

ash-dode'

Origin

from (H7703)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ashdod = "powerful"
1. a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (16)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 2

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

CSB (15)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

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

KJV (17)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (17)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (17)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

N95 (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

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (17)

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 5

2 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

ASV (16)

against ashdod 1

and in ashdod 1

ashdod 2

at ashdod 1

even ashdod 1

for ashdod 1

from ashdod 1

in ashdod 2

of ashdod 3

the side of ashdod 1

unto ashdod 2

BSB (17)

- 1

and ashdod 1

ashdod 6

from ashdod 1

in ashdod 1

it 1

near ashdod 1

of ashdod 3

to ashdod 2

CSB (15)

ashdod 15

ESV (17)

ashdod 15

ashdod's 1

it 1

KJV (17)

ashdod 17

LEB (17)

against ashdod 1

and ashdod 1

as for ashdod 1

ashdod 6

both in ashdod 1

for ashdod 1

in ashdod 4

to ashdod 2

LSB (17)

ashdod 17

N95 (17)

ashdod 17

NAS (17)

ashdod 17

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (17)

against ashdod 1

and in ashdod 1

ashdod 2

at ashdod 1

even ashdod 1

for ashdod 1

from ashdod 1

in ashdod 2

in the country of ashdod 1

of ashdod 3

the side of ashdod 1

to ashdod 2

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}.)

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