How to Pronounce Ashtaroth
ASH-tahr-awth
Ashtaroth is pronounced ASH-tahr-awth (ˈæʃtəˌrɑθ): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: ASH-tah-roth, ASH-tuh-rahth.
What does Ashtaroth mean?
Ashtaroth means “Ashtoreth, flocks; sheep; riches”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was 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.”
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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