ʿaštōret עַשְׁתֹּ֫רֶת ‘Ashtoreth’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
probably for ʿaštārōt עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ‘young’
Roots:
עשׁתרה
ʿaštōret pr n f title
Ashtoreth = "star"
1) the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
1a) also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans