Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼAshqᵉlôwn

ash-kel-one'

אַשְׁקְלוֹן

What it means

Ashkelon, a place in Palestine

Where it comes from

probably from shâqal (שָׁקַל) in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)

How the King James translates it

  • ashkelon9
  • askelon3

Every place it appears 12

Judges1:1814:19
1 Samuel6:17
2 Samuel1:20
Amos1:8
Zephaniah2:42:7
Zechariah9:5