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ʾašdōd אַשְׁדּוֹד ‘Ashdod’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šādad שָׁדַד ‘to ruin’
Roots: שׁדד

ʾašdōd pr n loc
Ashdod = "powerful"
1) a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud

Mentioned in Joshua 11:22, 15:46, 15:47 1 Samuel 5:1, 6:17, 5:6, 5:7, 5:5 Isaiah 20:1 Jeremiah 25:20 Amos 1:8, 3:9 Zephaniah 2:4 Zechariah 9:6 2 Chronicles 26:6

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