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Strong's #6138 - עֶקְרוֹן

Transliteration
ʻEqrôwn
Phonetics
ek-rone'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H6131)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ekron = “emigration” or “torn up by the roots”

1) the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
NAS (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
HCS (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
BSB (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
ESV (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
WEB (22)
Joshua 5
Judges 1
1 Samuel 7
2 Kings 4
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 עֶקְרוֺן22 proper name, of a location Ekrôn, Ακκαρων (in Assyrian Am‡arruna COT Glossary, Dl Pa 289 who proposes עַקָּרוֺן ); — Philistine city, one of the famous five, Amos 1:8; Joshua 13:3 (D) + 4t. Joshua (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 5:10 (twice in verse) + 5t. 1Samuel; 2 Kings 1:2,3,6,16; Jeremiah 25:20; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:5,7; modern `Âkir Rob BR i. 227 ff. GASm Geogr.198 Buhl Geogr.187 f.


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List of Word Forms
וְעֶקְר֖וֹן וְעֶקְרֽוֹן׃ ועקרון ועקרון׃ לְעֶקְר֥וֹן לעקרון מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן מֵעֶקְר֣וֹן מעקרון עֶקְר֑וֹן עֶקְר֔וֹן עֶקְר֖וֹן עֶקְר֗וֹן עֶקְר֥וֹן עֶקְרֽוֹן׃ עֶקְרוֹן֒ עֶקְרוֹן֙ עֶקְרוֹן֮ עקרון עקרון׃ ‘eq·rō·wn ‘eqrōwn ekrOn lə‘eqrōwn lə·‘eq·rō·wn leekRon mê‘eqrōwn mê·‘eq·rō·wn meekRon veekRon wə‘eqrōwn wə·‘eq·rō·wn
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