ʻEqrôwnîy — H6139
H6139 · Hebrew — עקרוני
Pronunciation: ek-ro-nee'
Other spellings: ʻEqrônîy עֶקְרֹנִי
Definition
patronymic adjective
an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron
- Ekronites = see Ekron "emigration"
- an inhabitant of Ekron
Usually translated as
Ekronite
Origin
or ʻEqrônîy; patrial from H6138
Occurrences
ʻEqrôwnîy occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1)
- Joshua 13:3 — From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites (וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י); also the Avites:
- 1 Samuel 5:10 — Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites (הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜ים) cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.