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אַשְׁדּוֹד H795

H795 is the Hebrew word אַשְׁדּוֹד, transliterated ʼAshdôwd and said ash-dode'. The King James Version most often renders it ashdod.

Word: אַשְׁדּוֹדTransliteration: ʼAshdôwdSaid: ash-dode'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 14 verses

What it means

Ashdod, a place in Palestine.

Where it comes from

from H7703 (שָׁדַד); ravager.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

ashdod 13×even ashdod 1×about ashdod 1×against ashdod 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Ahdod.

Verses using אַשְׁדּוֹד

All 14 verses, quoted in full.

Joshua 11:22 · KJV

There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

Joshua 15:46 · KJV

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:

Joshua 15:47 · KJV

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

1 Samuel 5:1 · KJV

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

1 Samuel 5:5 · KJV

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

1 Samuel 5:6 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 5:7 · KJV

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

1 Samuel 6:17 · KJV

And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

2 Chronicles 26:6 · KJV

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.

Isaiah 20:1 · KJV

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

Amos 1:8 · KJV

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Amos 3:9 · KJV

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

Zephaniah 2:4 · KJV

For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Zechariah 9:6 · KJV

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

Common questions

What does Strong's H795 mean?

H795 is the Hebrew word אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd), meaning Ashdod, a place in Palestine.

How is H795 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it ashdod (13 times), even ashdod (1 time), about ashdod (1 time), against ashdod (1 time).

How many times does H795 appear in the Bible?

אַשְׁדּוֹד (ʼAshdôwd) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H795 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7703 (שָׁדַד); ravager.

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