Senses
1. Ashtaroth (place name) — A city east of the Jordan, residence of Og king of Bashan (Deut 1:4; Josh 9:10, 12:4, 13:12,31), later assigned to the Levites (1 Chr 6:71). The name derives from the worship of the goddess Ashtart at this location; attested in Egyptian records as 'astartu'. Used with various prepositions: בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹת 'in Ashtaroth' (Deut 1:4; Josh 9:10, 12:4, 13:12). All languages transliterate uniformly: Arabic عَشْتاروتَ, Korean 아스다롯, Hindi अश्तारोत, Spanish Astarot/Astarot. This sense is the geographic proper noun referring to the specific Transjordanian city. 6×
AR["عَشتاروت","عَشتاروتَ","في-عَشتاروتَ","في-عَشْتاروتَ"]·ben["-অষ্টারোতে","অষ্টারোতে","অষ্টারোতে-","অষ্টারোথের","অষ্টারোৎ","আশ্তারোথে"]·DE["Ashtaroth","[עשתרות]","in-Ashtaroth","war-in-Ashtarot"]·EN["Ashtarot","Ashtaroth","in-Ashtaroth","was-in-Ashtarot"]·FR["Ashtaroth","[עשתרות]","dans-Ashtaroth","était-dans-Ashtarot"]·heb["ב-עשתרות","עשתרות"]·HI["-अशतारोत-में","अशतरोत-के","अश्तारोत","अश्तारोत-में"]·ID["Astarot","Asytarot","di-Asytarot"]·IT["Ashtaroth","[עשתרות]","fu-in-Ashtarot","in-Ashtaroth","in-Astarot"]·jav["Astarot","ing-Astarot","wonten-Astarot"]·KO["아스다롯","아스다롯-에","아스다롯의","에-아스다롯에","에-아스다롯에서"]·PT["'Ashtarot","Ashtarot","em-'Ashtarot","em-Ashtarot","em-Astarote"]·RU["Астарты","Аштарот","в-Аштарот","в-Аштароте"]·ES["Astarot","en-Astarot"]·SW["Ashtarothi","katika-Ashtarothi"]·TR["Aştarot'ta","Aştarot'ta-","Aştarot'u","Aştarot'un","Aştarotta"]·urd["-عشتاروت-میں","عشتاروت","عشتاروت-میں","عشتاروت-کے"]
2. Ashtaroth (goddess/idols) — The plural form referring to Ashtaroth/Astarte goddesses or their cult images, Canaanite fertility deities worshipped alongside the Baals. Israel served the Ashtaroth in the period of the Judges (Judg 2:13, 10:6; 1 Sam 7:3-4, 12:10), and Samuel called for their removal (1 Sam 7:3). Often paired with הַבְּעָלִים (the Baals) as a stock phrase for Canaanite idolatry. Typically has the article (הָעַשְׁתָּרוֹת) when denoting the goddesses generically. Spanish distinctively uses 'las Astartés/las Ashtarot' (plural feminine), Korean uses 아스다롯들 (with plural marker), and Arabic uses the article الـعَشتاروتَ. This religious/cultic sense is distinct from the geographic proper noun. 6×
AR["الـ-عَشتاروتَ","الـ-عَشْتَارُوت","وَ-الْعَشْتَارُوت","وَ-عَشْتاروتَ","وَ-لِ-الْعَشْتاروتِ"]·ben["-অষ্টারোথদেরকে","অষ্টারোৎদের","আশ্তারোৎগুলিকে","এবং-অষ্টারোৎ","এবং-অষ্টারোৎদের-","এবং-আশ্তারোৎগুলিকে"]·DE["der-Ashtaroth","und-Ashtaroth","und-der-Ashtarot","und-der-Ashtaroth"]·EN["and-Ashtaroth","and-the-Ashtarot","and-the-Ashtaroth","the-Ashtaroth"]·FR["et-Ashtaroth","et-le-Ashtarot","et-le-Ashtaroth","le-Ashtaroth"]·heb["ה-עשתרות","ו-ה-עשתרות","ו-ל-עשתרות","ו-עשתרות"]·HI["अश्तारोत","अश्तारोत-की","अश्तारोतों","और-अश्तारोत","और-अश्तारोत-की।","और-अश्तारोतों"]·ID["dan-Asytarot","dan-Asytoret","dan-kepada-para-Asytoret","para-Asytoret"]·IT["e-Astarot","e-il-Ashtarot","e-il-Ashtaroth","il-Ashtaroth","il-Astarot"]·jav["Astarte","Asytarot","lan-Astarot","lan-Astarte","lan-dhateng-Astartè"]·KO["그-아스다롯","그-아스다롯들을","그리고-그-아스다롯들을","그리고-아스다롯들을","그리고-아스다롯을"]·PT["as-'Ashtarot","as-'ashtarot","e-Ashtarot","e-as-'Ashtarot","e-às-'Ashtarot"]·RU["Аштарот","и-Аштарот"]·ES["las-Ashtarot","las-Astarot","las-Astartés","y-Astarot","y-a-las-Ashtarot","y-las-Ashtarot"]·SW["Ashtarothi","Maashtorethi","na-Ashtarothi"]·TR["-Aştoretleri","Aştarotlar-a","Aştarotlara","ve-Aştarot","ve-Aştoretleri","ve-için-Aştarotlar"]·urd["اور-عشتارت-کی","اور-عشتاروت","عشتاروت","عشتاروت-کی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. עַשְׁתָּרוֹת n.pr.loc. Ασταρωθ, etc., E. of Jordan (name from worship of diff. forms of ʿAštart; in Egypt. ʿastiratu, as E. Jordan loc. WMMAs. u. Eur. 162, 313; cf. TelAm. n. pr. loc. Aštarti);—in Bashan (near Edrei) Dt 1:4 (-רֹת), Jos 12:4; 13:12, 31 (all + אֶדְרֶ֑עִי), 9:10; 1 Ch 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה) Jos 21:27; also עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם Gn 14:5 (𝔊 Ασταρωθ…