ʼEshtᵉmôaʻ — H851

Definition

locative proper noun

Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine

1. Eshtemoa = "I will make myself heard" Eshtemoh = "I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft"
2. a Levitical city in Judah
3. a man of Judah

Usually translated as

Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh

Origin

or ʼEshtᵉmôwaʻ; or ʼEshtᵉmôh; from H8085 (in the sense of obedience)

• Derived from Shâmaʻ (H8085)

Occurrences

ʼEshtᵉmôaʻ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (3)

• Joshua 15:50 — And Anab, and Eshtemoh (וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖ה), and Anim,
• Joshua 21:14 — And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa (אֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ) with her suburbs,
• 1 Samuel 30:28 — And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa (בְּאֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ),
• 1 Chronicles 4:17 — And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa (אֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ).
• 1 Chronicles 4:19 — And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa (וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ) the Maachathite.
• 1 Chronicles 6:57 — And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa (אֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ), with their suburbs,