Ashtoreth

English

Etymology

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”).

Proper noun

Ashtoreth

  1. Alternative form of Astarte
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Ashtoreth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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