H6139 עֶקְרוֹנִי (ʻEqrôwnîy) ek-ro-nee'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Ekron

Strong's Definition

an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron

Derivation: or עֶקְרֹנִי; patrial from H6138 (עֶקְרוֹן);

KJV Usage: Ekronite.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ekronites = see Ekron "emigration"

1) an inhabitant of Ekron

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֶקְרוֹנִי (eq.ro.ni) — Ekron. Ekronites, of Ekron "emigration" an inhabitant of Ekron Another spelling of eq.ron (עֶקְרוֹן "Ekron" H6138)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֶקְרֹונִי (H6139)

adj · עֶקְרֹון

Names of Groups

Ekronite, of Ekron = inhabitant of Ekron

JOS 13:3 · 1SA 5:10

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶקְרוֹנִי adj.gent. of foregoing [p.ez.ah], c. art. = subst. the Eḳrônite base

Bible Occurrences (2)

13:3

5:10

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor east... of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite [territory])— that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron,... but as it... arrived -, the Ekronites... cried out, They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”