ʼAshqᵉlôwn — H831

H831 · Hebrew — אשקלון

Pronunciation: ash-kel-one'

Definition

locative proper noun

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

  1. Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
  2. a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Ashkelon, Askalon

Origin

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

Occurrences

ʼAshqᵉlôwn occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (3), Amos (1), Zephaniah (2), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A