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Ashtoreth

Ashtoreth is the alternative form of Astarte.

Meaning of Astarte

Proper noun

Astarte

  1. A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia.

Origin of Ashtoreth

Borrowed from Hebrew עַשְׁתֹּרֶת (‘aštōreṯ), a qere perpetuum of the second syllable of עַשְׁתָּרְת (‘aštārṯ, “Astarte”) through the insertion of the vowels from בֹּשֶׁת (bōšeṯ, “abomination”).

Questions about Ashtoreth

What is Ashtoreth the alternative form of?
Ashtoreth is the alternative form of Astarte.

Words near Ashtoreth in the dictionary

  1. Ashton Vale
  2. Ashton-in-Makerfield
  3. Ashton-on-Ribble
  4. Ashton-under-Lyne
  5. Ashtonfield
  6. Ashtoreth
  7. ashtray
  8. ashtrayed
  9. ashtraying
  10. ashtrays
  11. Ashtree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ashtoreth (page history and authors); Astarte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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