H6138
עֶקְרוֹן
Ekron
Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots" the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan Also named: eq.ro.ni (עֶקְרוֹנִי "Ekron" H6139)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
עֶקְרוֺן22 proper name, of a location Ekrôn, Ακκαρων (in Assyrian Am‡arruna COTGlossary, DlPa 289 who proposes עַקָּרוֺן ); — Philistine city, one of the famous five, Amos 1:8; Josh 13:3 (D) + 4 t. Joshua (P), Judg 1:18; 1Sam 5:10 (twice in verse) + 5 t. 1 Samuel; 2Kgs 1:2; 2Kgs 1:3; 2Kgs 1:6; 2Kgs 1:16; Jer 25:20; Zeph 2:4; Zech 9:5; Zech 9:7 modern `Âkir RobBR i. 227 ff. GASmGeogr.198 BuhlGeogr.187 f.
18 occurrences
Joshua (4), Judges (1), I Samuel (5), II Kings (3), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)