A female deity in the time of the Old Testament, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.5, also known as Astarte § Ashtoreth = "star" the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility 1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans
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H6253 — עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת
ash.to.ret · Ashtoreth · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Kings 11:5 · עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶתSolomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.1 Kings 11:33 · לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.2 Kings 23:13 · לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת׀The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.