Ahdod — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַשְׁדּוֹד

אַשְׁדּוֹד

ʼAshdôwd · pronounced ash-dode' · Strong's H795 · a place

Ahdod means ravager.

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שָׁדַד shâdad (from, H7703) — properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable) open in the lexicon ›

from H7703; ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine.

Josh 11:22 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. (KJV)

15 occurrences in 15 verses — Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Zephaniah, Zechariah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.