Ashkelon — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַשְׁקְלוֹן

אַשְׁקְלוֹן

ʼAshqᵉlôwn · pronounced ash-kel-one' · Strong's H831 · a place · also spelled Askalon

Ashkelon means Ashkelon, a place in Palestine.

Built from

שָׁקַל shâqal (probably from, H8254) — to suspend or poise (especially in trade) open in the lexicon ›

probably from H8254 in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart); Ashkelon, a place in Palestine.

Judg 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. (KJV)

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 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.

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