1. Eshtaol (place name) — A proper noun denoting the town of Eshtaol, a settlement in the tribal allotment of Dan near Zorah, associated with Samson's early life and the Danite migration. All occurrences — bare, with conjunctions (and-Eshtaol), or with prepositions (from-Eshtaol) — refer to the same geographic location. Multilingual evidence confirms a single referent: eng 'Eshtaol', spa 'Estaol', hin 'एश्ताओल', arb 'أَشْتَاؤُلَ', kor '에스다올', swa 'Eshtaoli'. 7×
AR["أَشْتاؤولُ","أَشْتَاوُلَ","إشتاؤولَ","وَ-أَشْتَاؤُلَ","وَ-أَشْتَاؤُلُ","وَ-مِن-أَشْتَاؤُلَ"]·ben["ইশ্তাওল","ইশ্তাওলের","ইষ্টায়োল","এবং-ইষ্টায়োল","এবং-ইষ্টায়োল-থেকে","এবং-ইষ্টায়োলে"]·DE["Eshtaol","und-Eshtaol","und-von-Eshtaol"]·EN["Eshtaol","and-Eshtaol","and-from-Eshtaol"]·FR["Eschtaol","et-Eschtaol","et-de-Eschtaol"]·heb["אשתאול","ו-אשתאול","ו-מ-אשתאול"]·HI["एश्ताओल","और-एश्ताओल","और-एश्ताओल-से"]·ID["Estaol","Esytaol","dan-Estaol","dan-Esytaol","dan-dari-Estaol"]·IT["Eshtaol","e-Eshtaol","e-da-Eshtaol"]·jav["lan-saking-Éstaol","lan-Èstaol","lan-Éstaol","Èstaol","Éstaol"]·KO["그리고-에스다올","그리고-에스다올로","그리고-에스다올에서","에스다오","에스타올"]·PT["'Eshta'ol","Eshtaol","e-Eshtaol","e-de-Eshtaol"]·RU["Эштаол","Эштаолом","и-Эштаол","и-из-Эштаола"]·ES["Estaol","y-Estaol","y-de-Estaol"]·SW["Eshtaoli","na-Eshtaoli","na-kutoka-Eshtaoli"]·TR["Eştaol","ve--den-Eştaol","ve-Eştaol"]·urd["اشتاؤل","اشتاؤل-کے","اشتاول-کے۔","اور-اشتاؤل","اور-اشتاؤل-سے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל Jos 15:33 + 2 times, אֶשְׁתָּאֹל Ju 13:25 + 3 times n.pr.loc. (in form like the inf. of the Arabic viii. conj. from שָׁאַל: so אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ from שָׁמַע. Perhaps Arabic-speaking tribes may have settled in parts of S. of Judah) city of Danites in the שְׁפֵלָה of Judah, named with צָרְעָה Jos 15:33; 19:41 Ju 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11; perhaps mod. ’Eshûʿa Surveyiii. 25 GuerinPal. ii. 13 f. 382.