The meaning of “אַשְׁדּוֹדִי”
Understanding ʼAshdôwdîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patrial from אַשְׁדּוֹד Ashdodites, of Ashdod. - § Ashdodites = "I will spoil" - an Ashdodite (often collectively) or in...
אַשְׁדּוֹדִי
patrial from אַשְׁדּוֹד Ashdodites, of Ashdod. - § Ashdodites = "I will spoil" - an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of Asdod 1) an inhabitant of Ashdod
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 13:3 | “From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹדִי (ʼAshdôwdîy) | |
| 1 Samuel 5:3 | “And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹדִי (ʼAshdôwdîy) | |
| 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: אַשְׁדּוֹדִי (ʼAshdôwdîy) | |
| Nehemiah 4:7 | “But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹדִי (ʼAshdôwdîy) | |
| Nehemiah 13:23 | “In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:” Word: אַשְׁדּוֹדִי (ʼAshdôwdîy) |