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title: עֶקְרוֹנִי — Eḳrônite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶקְרוֹנִי (6139), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eḳrônite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶקְרוֹנִי

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«עֶקְרוֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eḳrônite** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6139 · **BDB:** עֶקְרוֹנִי

### Glosses

Ekronite\[s\] (1); Ekronites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eḳrônite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6139/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6139/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of foregoing, c. art. = subst. the Eḳrônite Jos 13:3 (D); pl. הָעֶקְרֹנִים 1 S 5:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶקְרוֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6139/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 13:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.3/)

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מִֽן־הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מִצְרַ֗יִם וְעַ֨ד גְּב֤וּל עֶקְרוֹן֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הָעַזָּתִ֤י וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙ הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִ֣י הַגִּתִּ֔י וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י וְהָעַוִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* from the Shihor which \[is\].on the.face of.Egypt and to the.border of.Ekron northward to the Canaanite\[s\] it.is.reckoned the.five the.rulers of.\[the\].Philistines the Gazite\[s\] and the Ashdodite\[s\] the Ashkelonite\[s\] the Gittite\[s\] and the Ekronite\[s\] and the Avvite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward — which is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, and the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; also the Avvim

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[1 Samuel 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.5.10/)

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וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּ אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים עֶקְר֑וֹן וַיְהִ֗י כְּב֨וֹא אֲר֤וֹן הָאֱלֹהִים֙ עֶקְר֔וֹן וַיִּזְעֲק֨וּ הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר הֵסַ֤בּוּ אֵלַי֙ אֶת־אֲרוֹן֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נִי וְאֶת־עַמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.sent (et) the.ark of.(the) God Ekron and it.was just as.went the.ark of.(the) God Ekron and they.cried.out the Ekronites (cmp) they.have.brought.round to me (et) the.ark of.the.God of.Israel to kill me and (et) people my

*JPS 1917:* So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying: 'They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.'

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