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 · עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶתAnd Solomon goeth after Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites;1 Kings 11:33 · לְעַשְׁתֹּרֶת֮Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is right in Mine eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like David his father.2 Kings 23:13 · לְעַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת׀And the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.