Senses
1. Ashdod (Philistine city) — Proper noun designating Ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד), one of the five principal cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located on the Mediterranean coastal plain. A major military and cultic center; the ark of God was brought there (1 Sam 5:1-7), Uzziah broke down its walls (2 Chr 26:6), Isaiah prophesied against it (Isa 20:1), Jeremiah listed it among nations to drink God's cup of wrath (Jer 25:20), Amos threatened judgment (Amos 1:8, 3:9), Zephaniah and Zechariah pronounced oracles against it (Zeph 2:4, Zech 9:6), and Joshua allotted territory near it (Josh 11:22, 15:46-47). All auto-split clusters represent the same toponym with different Hebrew prepositions (bare, ב 'in', ל 'to/for', מ 'from', directional ה-locale suffix): arb أشدود, deu/eng/fra Ashdod, hin अशदोद/अश्दोद, kor 아스돗, spa Asdod/Ashdod. 17×
AR["-إِلَى-أَشْدُودَ","-عَلَى-أَشْدُودَ","أَشْدودَ","أَشْدودُ","أَشْدُود","أَشْدُودَ","إِلَى-أَشْدُود","بِـ-أَشْدُودَ","فِي-أَشْدُود","فِي-أَشْدُودَ","لِـ-أَشْدُود","مِنْ-أَشْدودَ","وَ-في-أَشْدودَ"]·ben["-অশদোদের-বিরুদ্ধে","অশদোদ","অশদোদে","অশদোদের","অশদোদের-জন্য","অশ্দোদে","অশ্দোদের","অশ্দোদের","অস্দোদ","অস্দোদের","অস্দোদ","অস্দোদ-থেকে","অস্দোদে","এবং-অস্দোদে"]·DE["Ashdod","[אשדוד]","[אשדודה]","[באשדוד]","[מאשדוד]","fuer-Ashdod","in-Ashdod","und-in-Ashdod"]·EN["Ashdod","against-Ashdod","and-in-Ashdod","for-Ashdod","from-Ashdod","in-Ashdod","to-Ashdod"]·FR["Asdod","Ashdod","[אשדוד]","[אשדודה]","[באשדוד]","dans-Ashdod","et-dans-Asdod","pour-Ashdod"]·heb["אשדוד","אשדודה","ב-אשדוֹד","ב-אשדוד","ו-ב-אשדוד","ל-אשדוד","מ-אשדוֹד"]·HI["अशदोद","अशदोद-के","अश्दोद","अश्दोद-की","अश्दोद-के","अश्दोद-के-लिए","अश्दोद-के-विरुद्ध","अश्दोद-में","और-अशदोद-में","में-अशदोद","में-अश्दोद","से-अशदोद"]·ID["Asdod","dan-di-Asdod","dari-Asdod","di-Asdod","ke-Asdod","melawan-Asdod","untuk-Asdod"]·IT["Asdod","Ashdod","[אשדוד]","[אשדודה]","[באשדוד]","[מאשדוד]","e-in-Ashdod","in-Asdod","per-Asdod"]·jav["Asdod","dhateng-Asdod","ing-Asydod","kangge-Asdod","lan-ing-Asdod","lan-ing-kraton","lawan-Asdod","saking-Asdod","wonten-ing-Asdod"]·KO["그리고-에-아스돗에","아스돗-에","아스돗-에서","아스돗과","아스돗에","아스돗에서","아스돗으로","아스돗을","아스돗의","아스돗이","에-아스돗"]·PT["'Ashdod","'Ashdodah","Ashdod","a-Ashdod","contra-Ashdod","de-Ashdod","e-em-'Ashdod","em-'Ashdod","em-Ashdod","para-'Ashdod"]·RU["Азота","Ашдод","Ашдода","в-Ашдод","в-Ашдоде","за-Ашдод","и-в-Ашдоде","из-Ашдода","против-Ашдода"]·ES["Asdod","Ashdod","a-Asdod","a-Ashdod","contra-Asdod","de-Asdod","en-Asdod","en-Ashdod","para-Ashdod","y-en-Asdod"]·SW["Ashdodi","dhidi-ya-Ashdodi","katika-Ashdodi","kutoka-Ashdodi","kwa-Ashdodi","na-katika-Ashdodi"]·TR["-Aşdod-da","-Aşdod-için","Ashdod'a","Ashdod'a-karsi","Ashdod'da-","Aşdod","Aşdod'un","Aşdodun","Aşdot'ta","Aşdot'tan","Aşdot'un","ve-Aşdod'da"]·urd["اشدود","اشدود-سے","اشدود-میں","اشدود-کو","اشدود-کی","اشدود-کے","اشدود-کے-لیے","اور-اشدود-میں"]
Josh 11:22, Josh 15:46, Josh 15:47, 1 Sam 5:1, 1 Sam 5:5, 1 Sam 5:6, 1 Sam 5:7, 1 Sam 6:17, 2 Chr 26:6, 2 Chr 26:6, Isa 20:1, Isa 20:1 (+5 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַשְׁדּוֹד n.pr.loc. Ashdod (Assyrian Asdudu, COTGloss DlPa 289; Thes MV der. from √ שׁדד q.v.) a powerful city of the Philistines on Mediterr. Sea, W. from Jerusalem, modern Esdûd, Jos 11:22; 15:46, 47 (where assigned to Judah) 1 S 5:5, 6 (but del. Dr cf. 𝔊 6:17 Am 1:8; 3:9 Zp 2:4 Zc 9:6 Is 20:1 Je 25:20 2 Ch 26:6; c. ה—ָ loc. 1 S 5:1 Is 20:1; אַנְשֵׁי א׳ 1 S 5:7; appar. = territory of Ashdod 2 Ch 26:6 וַיִּבְנֶה עָרִים בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד. (Cf. SurveyJ, 442.)