Ashtaroth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ashtoreth \Ash"to*reth\, n.; pl. {Ashtaroth}.
     The principal female divinity of the Ph[oe]nicians, as Baal
     was the principal male divinity. --W. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Ashtaroth
     a city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4;
     13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh.
     13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1
     Chr. 6:71). Uzzia, one of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:44), is
     named as of this city. It is identified with Tell Ashterah, in
     the Hauran, and is noticed on monuments B.C. 1700-1500. The name
     Beesh-terah (Josh. 21:27) is a contraction for Beth-eshterah,
     i.e., "the house of Ashtaroth."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth, flocks; sheep; riches