Ashtaroth

Related to Ashtaroth: Ashtoreth, Baal

Ashtaroth

Ashtaroth (ăshˈtərŏth), Hebrew plural form of Ashtoreth, the name of the Canaanite fertility goddess and consort of Baal. Her name is vocalized in Greek as Astarte. She was worshiped at various local shrines. There are several references to her in the Bible.

Ashtaroth

Canaanite deities worshiped profanely by Israelites. [O.T.: Judges 2:12]

See: Idolatry

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299), this juxtaposition of ttrt and /hdry we have in the reference to Og, king of Bashan, who was a leftover of the Rephaim (healers, deified ancestors) dwelling at Ashtaroth and Edrei (Deut.

Studies in Hebrew and Ugaritic Psalms

Ashtaroth, the plural form of the goddess's name in Hebrew, became a general term denoting goddesses and paganism.

Astarte

All Milton's learning comes into play as he portrays the exodus of the pagan deities at the birth of Christ: Peor and Baalim Forsake their Temples dim, With that twice-batter'd god of Palestine, and mooned Ashtaroth Heav'n's Queen and Mother both, Now sits not girt with Tapers' holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids their wounded Thammuz mourn.

The lyric poetry of John Milton

They worshipped a god of grain (Dagon), a god of propagation (Ashtaroth), and a god of habitation (Baal-zebub).