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Ashtaroth: a city in Bashan east of the Jordan; also the plural name for Canaanite Astarte goddesses/idols
This word carries two distinct referents sharing a common root in the worship of the goddess Ashtart. As a place name, Ashtaroth denotes a major city in Bashan, royal seat of Og (Deut 1:4; Josh 12:4), later assigned to the Levites. As a divine plural, it refers to the Astarte goddesses or their cult images, the female counterpart to the Baals in Canaanite religion. Judges repeatedly records Israel 'serving the Ashtaroth' (Judg 2:13; 10:6). Spanish distinguishes these neatly: the city is simply Astarot, while the idols receive the article las Astarot/Astartés, marking them as a class of deities.
Senses
1. Ashtaroth (place name) — The proper noun designating a city east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan, closely associated with Edrei as the seat of King Og (Deut 1:4; Josh 9:10, 12:4, 13:12). The site is likely Tell Ashtara, about 21 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. The compound Ashteroth-Karnaim in Gen 14:5 may reference a twin-peaked mountain. Spanish en-Astarot and French dans-Ashtaroth both use locative prepositions confirming the geographic reading. It was later assigned as a Levitical city (1 Chr 6:71). 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 the Astarte goddesses or their cult images, Canaanite fertility deities worshipped alongside the Baals. Spanish distinguishes this sense with the definite article las Astarot/Astartés, marking these as a class of divinities rather than a location. Judg 2:13 and 10:6 pair 'the Baals and the Ashtaroth' as the twin poles of Canaanite worship that repeatedly ensnared Israel. Samuel calls the people to 'put away the Ashtaroth' (1 Sam 7:3–4), and the Philistines placed Saul's armor in the temple of Ashtaroth (1 Sam 31:10). 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"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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…