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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6251 - עַשְׁתֶּרֶת

Transliteration

ʻashtᵉrâh

Phonetics

ash-ter-aw'

Root Word (Etymology)

probably from (H6238)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

1718a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) ewe, flock, increase, young

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Deuteronomy 4

NAS (4)

Deuteronomy 4

HCS (4)

Deuteronomy 4

BSB (5)

Deuteronomy 4

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (4)

Deuteronomy 4

WEB (4)

Deuteronomy 4

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

3047) r t s o (אהסהתר AhShTR) AC: ? CO: Flock AB: ?

N^f1 ) e r t s o (אהסהתרה AhShTRH) - Flock: KJV (4): flock - Strongs: H6251 (עַשְׁתֶּרֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת] noun plural feminine only construct in phrase עַשְׁתְּר(וֺ)ת צאֶֹ נ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4,18,51 (all "" שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ) 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; RS^{Semitic i. 292,457f., 2nd ed. 310,476f.}, adopting b, thinks one type of ±Ašt in Canaan had form of sheep, so Dr^{Deuteronomy 7:13}); compare also as name of land fertilized by dew and rain We^{Skizzen iii. 170}.

List of Word Forms

וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת וְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣ת וּבָעִתִּ֣ים ובעתים ועשתרות ועשתרת ū·ḇā·‘it·tîm ūḇā‘ittîm uvaitTim veashteRot wə‘aštərōṯ wə‘aštərōwṯ wə·‘aš·tə·rō·wṯ wə·‘aš·tə·rōṯ