Definition

Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

Etymology

or עַשְׁתָּרֹת; plural of H6251 (עַשְׁתְּרָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• Asharoth
• Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת)
• H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת)
• H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם)

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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