Strong's Number H6253

עַשְׁתֹּרֶת

`Ashtoreth · ash-to'reth

Transliteration:

`Ashtoreth{ash-to'reth}

Word Origin:

probably for 6251

TWOT:

1718

Part of Speech:

proper name feminine

Strong's Definition:

Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)

Usage in the KJV:

Ashtoreth 3

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Ashtoreth = "star"

the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
1. also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans