Strongs Number: H6253
- Hebrew Word
- עַשְׁתֹּרֶת
- Transliteration
- ʻAshtôreth
- Phonetic
- ash-to'reth
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
{Ashtoreth} the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)
- BDB Definition
-
Ashtoreth = "star"
1. the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
a. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
- Origin
- Probably for H6251
- Bible Usage
- Ashtoreth.