Definition

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

Etymology

probably from H8254 (שָׁקַל) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart);

Where the KJV renders it

• Ashkelon
• Askalon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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