'Ashtoret

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Usage：Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Mythology

Meaning & History：

Hebrew form of ASHTORETH.

ASHTORETH female Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology

From עַשְׁתֹרֶת ('Ashtoret), the Hebrew form of the name of a Phoenician goddess of love, war and fertility. Her name is cognate to that of the Babylonian goddess ISHTAR.

ISHTAR female Near Eastern Mythology

Meaning unknown. Ishtar was the Babylonian and Assyrian mother goddess who presided over love, war and fertility. She was called Ashtoreth by the Phoenicians, and she was also identified with the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

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EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Astarte

BIBLICAL HEBREW: 'Ashtoret

BIBLICAL: Ashtoreth

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: 'Ashtoret, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Ishtar

MASCULINE FORMS

LITERATURE: Astaroth

OTHER FORMS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Esther

BIBLICAL HEBREW: 'Ester

BIBLICAL LATIN: Esther, Hester