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Ashtoreth   Listen
Ashtoreth

noun
(pl. ashtaroth)
1.
An ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar.  Synonym: Astarte.





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... the hidden god, the lord of their sheep and cattle. The Zidonians had Ashtoreth, the moon. The Phoenicians worshipped Moloch, the fire. Many of the Canaanites worshipped Baal, the lord, or Baalim, the lords—the sun, moon, and stars. The Philistines afterwards (for we read nothing of Philistines ...
— The Gospel of the Pentateuch • Charles Kingsley


Words linked to "Ashtoreth" :   Semitic deity, Phenicia, Phoenicia


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