ʿeqrōn עֶקְרוֹן ‘Ekron’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from ʿāqar עָקַר ‘to uproot / to hamstring’
Roots:
עקר
ʿeqrōn pr n loc
Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots"
1) the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan