Ashtoreth

[ ash-tuh-reth ]

noun

1. an ancient Semitic goddess, identified with the Phoenician Astarte.

Ashtoreth

/ ˈæʃtəˌrɛθ /

noun

1. an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ashtoreth¹

First recorded in 1520–40; from Hebrew ʿashtōreth (the last two syllables are deliberately distorted with the vowels of bōsheth “shame, shameful thing, abomination”), from Phoenician ʿashtart; Astarte, Aphrodite ( def )

Example Sentences

It is probable that necromancy, like the worship of Ashērah and ’Ashtoreth, as well as the cult of graven images, was a Canaanite importation into Israel’s religious practices.

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They were not such idols as represented Baal or Ashtoreth or Moloch, but images designed to aid in the worship of the God of Israel.

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Brown thinks that it probably represents the ancient goddess Istar, and also Ashtoreth.

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Charmides had, of late, been picturing too divine a beauty to feel any tremor of eagerness before this gentle priestess of Ashtoreth.

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This supplies the void, for Asharah may be regarded as another name for the goddess Ashtoreth, as is plainly seen by the following passages: "They forsook Jehovah and served Baal and Ashtoreth;" Judges ii.

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