ʻAshtôreth — H6253

Definition

feminine proper noun

Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)

1. Ashtoreth = "star"
2. the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
1. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans

Usually translated as

Ashtoreth

Origin

probably for H6251

• ʻashtᵉrâh (H6251)

Greek equivalents

• poímnion (G4168)

Occurrences

ʻAshtôreth occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1)

• 1 Kings 11:5 — For Solomon went after Ashtoreth (עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת) the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kings 11:33 — Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth (לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮) the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
• 2 Kings 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth (לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת) the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.