Quick Definition
Ashtoreth
Biblical Persons & Places
Ashtoreth
A female deity in the Old Testament
A female deity of Sidon in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte;
only referred to as Ashtoreth (עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת)
Strong's Definition
Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
Derivation: probably for H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);
KJV Usage: Ashtoreth.
TWOT Reference: 1718
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ashtoreth = "star"
1) the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת (ash.to.ret) — Ashtoreth. A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte § Ashtoreth = "star" the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility 1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת n.pr.deae. ‛Aštōreth, < ‛Aštart, ‛Aštéreth base