Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of “אַשְׁדּוֹד”

Understanding ʼAshdôwd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

Ahdod. - § Ashdod = "powerful" - Ashdod, a place in Palestine 1) a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west f...

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H795

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

אַשְׁדּוֹד

Phoneticash-dode'

TransliterationʼAshdôwd

Grammar Code

N:N--L

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ahdod. - § Ashdod = "powerful" - Ashdod, a place in Palestine 1) a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud

Scripture References

15 total references

Reference	Text
Joshua 15:46	“From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd)
1 Samuel 5:6	“But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd)
2 Chronicles 26:6	“And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd)
Isaiah 20:1	“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd)
Jeremiah 25:20	“And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd)