ʼAshdôwd — H795

H795 · Hebrew — אשדוד

Pronunciation: ash-dode'

Definition

locative proper noun

Ashdod, a place in Palestine

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

Usually translated as

Ahdod

Origin

from H7703; ravager

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼAshdôwd occurs 19 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Amos (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A