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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַשְׁקְלֹון

אַשְׁקְלֹון

H831

Transliteration: ʼAshqᵉlôwn

Pronunciation: ash-kel-one'

Definition: Ashkelon


Original: אשׁקלון

Transliteration: 'ashqelôn

Phonetic: ash-kel-one'

BDB Definition:

Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
  1. a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

Origin: probably from H8254" class="dictionary-topic-link">H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location


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