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title: עַשְׁתָּרוֹת — Asharoth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (6252), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Asharoth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַשְׁתָּרוֹת

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«עַשְׁתָּרוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asharoth** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6252 · **BDB:** עַשְׁתָּרוֹת³

### Glosses

Ashtaroth (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asharoth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6252/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6252/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Ασταρωθ, etc., E. of Jordan (name from worship of diff. forms of ʿAštart; in Egypt. ʿastiratu, as E. Jordan loc. WMMAs. u. Eur. 162, 313; cf. TelAm. n. pr. loc. Aštarti);—in Bashan (near Edrei) Dt 1:4 (-רֹת), Jos 12:4; 13:12, 31 (all + אֶדְרֶ֑עִי), 9:10; 1 Ch 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה) Jos 21:27; also עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם Gn 14:5 (𝔊 Ασταρωθ Καρναιν, cf. GFM JBL xvi (1897), 155 f. who expl. name as ʿAshtereth of the two-peaked mt.); cf. further, קַרְנַיִם Am 6:13;—site prob. either Tel ʿAštara, 21 miles E. of Sea of Galilee, or Muzeirib, 8 miles further S.; poss. both occur in OT; cf. especially Dr Ashtaroth in HastDB Di Gn 14:5 BuhlGeogr. 248 ff. GASm Ency. Bib. 335 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַשְׁתָּרוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6252/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.4/)

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וּגְב֗וּל ע֚וֹג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן מִיֶּ֖תֶר הָרְפָאִ֑ים הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃

*Word for word:* and the.territory of.Og the.king of.(the) Bashan one of.the.remnant of the.Rephaites \[who was\].dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei

*JPS 1917:* and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

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[Deuteronomy 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.4/)

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אַחֲרֵ֣י הַכֹּת֗וֹ אֵ֚ת סִיחֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן וְאֵ֗ת ע֚וֹג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן אֲשֶׁר־יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹ֖ת בְּאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃

*Word for word:* after he had.defeated (et) Sihon the.king of the.Amorite\[s\] who \[was\].dwelling in Heshbon and (et) Og the.king of.(the) Bashan who \[was\].dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei

*JPS 1917:* after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei;

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