King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6251
Transliteration: ashtaroth
Phonetic Spelling: (ash-ter-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps young
Meaning: perhaps young
Word Summary
ashtaroth: perhaps young
Original Word: עַשְׁתְּרָהTransliteration: ashtaroth
Phonetic Spelling: (ash-ter-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps young
Meaning: perhaps young
Strong's Concordance
flock Probably from ashar; increase -- flock.
see HEBREW ashar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6251. ashtaroth
II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת] noun plural feminine only construct in phrase נ֑ךָ צאֶֹ עַשְׁתְּר(וֺ)ת Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4, 18, 51 (all "" אֲלָפֶיךָ שְׁגַר) usually interpreted either as
a. = ewes (Thes) or as
b. = young (compare veneres gregis; in either case with reference to ±Aštart as goddess of fecundity; RSSemitic i. 292, 457 f., 2nd ed. 310, 476 f., adopting b, thinks one type of ±Ašt in Canaan had form of sheep, so DrDeuteronomy 7:13); compare also as name of land fertilized by dew and rain WeSkizzen iii. 170.