Lexical Definition

‎עַשְׁתָּרוֹת‎ ʻAshtârôwth (ash-taw-roth') Ashtaroth ^{N:N-F-T / N:N--L}
or עַשְׁתָּרֹת ʻAshtârôth (ash-taw-roth'); plural of ‎עַשְׁתְּרָה‎

Asharoth, Astaroth. See also ‎בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת‎, ‎עַשְׁתֹּרֶת‎, ‎עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם‎.

• § Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star"
• Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan

n pr f deity
1) false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult
n pr loc
2) a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh
2a) same as עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎עַשְׁתָּרוֺת‎ proper name, of a location Ασταρωθ, etc., east of Jordan (name from worship of different forms of `Aštart; in Egyptian ±astiratu, as east Jordan located WMM^{As.u.Eur.162,313}; compare Tel Amarna proper name, of a location Aštarti); — in Bashan (near Edrei) Deut 1:4 (‎רֹת‎-), Josh 12:4; Josh 13:12; Josh 13:31 (all + ‎אֶדְרֶ֫עִי‎), Josh 9:10; 1Chr 6:56* = ‎בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה‎ (i.e. ‎בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה‎) Josh 21:27 also ‎עַשְׁתְּרֹת‎ ‎קַרְנַיִם‎ Gen 14:5 (ᵐ5 Ασταρωθ Καρναιν, compare GFM^{JBL xvi(1897), 155 f.} who explains name as Ashtereth of the two-peaked mountain); compare further, ‎קַרְנַיִם‎ Amos 6:13 — site probably either Tel ±Aštara, 21 miles east of Sea of Galilee, or Muzeirib, 8 miles further south; possibly both occur in OT; compare especially Dr^{Ashtaroth in} Hast^DB Di^{Gen 14:5}), Buhl^{Georg. 248 ff.} GASm^{Ency. Bib. 335 f}.

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