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Ekron

Ekron proper noun: one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located in central Israel.

Proper noun

Ekron

  1. (historical) One of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located in central Israel.

Forms of Ekron

alternative formAccaron

Origin of Ekron

Borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן (ʿeqrōn). Compare Philistine 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 (ʿqrn).

Words formed from Ekron

Questions about Ekron

What does Ekron mean?
Ekron means one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located in central Israel.
What part of speech is Ekron?
Ekron is a proper noun.

Words near Ekron in the dictionary

  1. ekpyrotic
  2. ekranoplan
  3. ekranoplane
  4. ekranoplanes
  5. ekranoplans
  6. Ekron
  7. Ekronite
  8. Ekronites
  9. EKs
  10. eks dee
  11. Ekserjyan

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