אַשְׁדּוֹד

Strong’s Definition

Ashdod, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from H7703 (שָׁדַד); ravager;

KJV Usage

Ahdod.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a major philistine city on the mediterranean sea west from jerusalem, modern esdud

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼAshdôwd; Pronunciation: ash-dode'