Ashtoreth

American  

[ash-tuh-reth] / ˈæʃ təˌrɛθ /

noun

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

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Ashtoreth British  

/ ˈæʃtəˌrɛθ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Ashtoreth

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

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

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In Tyre, before you move farther to the east, you must let me show you how we are accustomed to worship Ashtoreth.

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Baal was the sun god, chief male divinity of the Phoenicians; Ashtoreth, representing the moon, a goddess of the Philistines—the same as Astarte of the Zidonians.

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It may be possible to trace the worship back through the various changes to Astarte, Ashtoreth, to Isis, to older gods, maybe, than these.

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She quickly disappeared from sight; and it was rumored that she had been sent to Ashkelon to serve in the gorgeous temple of Ashtoreth, the Venus of Assyria.

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