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title: עֶקְרוֹן — Ekron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶקְרוֹן (6138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: Ekron. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Eḳrȏn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶקְרוֹן

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«עֶקְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ekron** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 6138 · **BDB:** עֶקְרוֹן

### Glosses

Ekron (16); of.Ekron (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ekron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6138/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Eḳrȏn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6138/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Eḳrȏn, Ακκαρων (in Assyrian Amḳarruna COTGloss., DlPa 289 who proposes עַקָּרוֹן);—Philistine city, one of the famous five, Am 1:8; Jos 13:3 (D) + 4 times Jos (P), Ju 1:8 1 S 5:10(×2) + 5 times 1 S; 2 K 1:2, 3, 6, 16; Je 25:20; Zp 2:4; Zc 9:5, 7; mod. ʿÁkir RobBR i. 227 ff. GASmGeogr. 193 BuhlGeogr. 187 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶקְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.45/)

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עֶקְר֥וֹן וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* Ekron and daughters its and villages its

*JPS 1917:* Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

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[Joshua 19:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.43/)

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וְאֵיל֥וֹן וְתִמְנָ֖תָה וְעֶקְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Elon and (to) Timnah and Ekron

*JPS 1917:* and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron;

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