אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Strong’s Definition

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

probably from H8254 (שָׁקַל) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart);

KJV Usage

Ashkelon, Askalon.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a maritime city of the philistines, southwest of jerusalem

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼAshqᵉlôwn; Pronunciation: ash-kel-one'