Quick Definition
Eshtemoa
Biblical Persons & Places
Eshtemoa
Eshtemoa
A location first mentioned at Jos.21.14;
referred to as Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh (אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ);
founded by Ishbah.
Strong's Definition
Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ; or אֶשְׁתְּמֹה; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) (in the sense of obedience);
KJV Usage: Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Eshtemoa = "I will make myself heard" Eshtemoh = "I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft"
1) a Levitical city in Judah
2) a man of Judah
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ (esh.te.mo.a) — Eshtemoa.
§ Eshtemoa = "I will make myself heard" Eshtemoh = "I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft" a Levitical city in Judah
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · שׁמע
Names of Locations | ≈ אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ
Eshtemoh = town, also known as Eshtemoa; ◄ located in the hill country; territory of Judah; ► assigned to clan of Aaron, tribe of Levi
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ, אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ, אֶשְׁתְּמֹה n.pr.loc. Levitical city in mountain-country of Judah, south of Hebron base