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ashtaroth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ashtoreth \Ash"to*reth\, n.; pl {Ashtaroth}. The principal female divinity of the Ph[oe]nicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. --W. Smith. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Ashtaroth a city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chr. 6:71). Uzzia, one of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:44), is named as of this city. It is identified with Tell Ashterah, in the Hauran, and is noticed on monuments B.C. 1700-1500. The name Beesh-terah (Josh. 21:27) is a contraction for Beth-eshterah, i.e., "the house of Ashtaroth." From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth, flocks; sheep; riches