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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ESHTAOL

esh'-ta-ol ('eshta'ol; Astaol):

A town in the Shephelah of Judah named next to Zorah (Joshua 15:33; Joshua 19:41). Between these two cities lay Mahaneh-dan (the camp of Dan) where the Spirit of the Lord began to move Samson (Judges 13:25), and where he was buried (Judges 16:31). A contingent from Eshtaol formed part of the 600 Danites who captured Laish (Judges 18:2, 11).

It is probably represented by the modern Ashu`a, about a mile and a half East of Zorah, the modern Car`ah.

Strong's Hebrew

847b. Eshtaol -- a city in Judah
Eshtaol or Eshtaol. 847a, 847b. Eshtaol or Eshtaol. 848 . a city in Judah.
Transliteration: Eshtaol or Eshtaol Short Definition: Eshtaol. ...
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848. Eshtauli -- inhab. of Eshtaol
... inhab. of Eshtaol. Transliteration: Eshtauli Phonetic Spelling: (esh-taw-oo-lee')
Short Definition: Eshtaolites. Word Origin from Eshtaol Definition inhab. ...
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847. Eshta'ol -- to found, establish
Eshta'ol. 846, 847. Eshta'ol. 847a . to found, establish. Transliteration:
Eshta'ol Phonetic Spelling: (esh-taw-ole') Short Definition: Eshtaol. Eshtaol ...
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Library

A Strong Man who Lost his Strength
... Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him away and buried him
between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eshtaol

a strong woman

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eshtaol

(a pass), a town in the low country --the Shefelah --of Judah, after wards allotted to Dan. (Joshua 15:33; 19:41) Here Samson spent his boyhood, and hither after his last exploit his body was brought. (Judges 13:25; 16:31; 18:2,8,11,12)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Eshtaol

A town on the western border of Judah, afterwards given to Dan, Joshua 15:33; 19:41. It is named in the history of Samson, Jud 13:25; 16:31.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Narrow pass or recess, a town (Joshua 15:33) in the low country, the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:41), and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and first began to show his mighty strength; and here he was buried in the burying-place of Manoah his father (Judges 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11, 12). It is identified with the modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east of Zorah. Others, however, identify it with Kustul, east of Kirjath-jearim.

Thesaurus

Eshtaol (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ESHTAOL. ... A contingent from Eshtaol formed
part of the 600 Danites who captured Laish (Judges 18:2, 11). ...
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Zorah (10 Occurrences)
... zo'-ra (tsor`ah; Saraa): A city on the border of Dan, between Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh
(Joshua 19:41); the birthplace of Samson (Judges 13:2, 25); near here too ...
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Mahaneh-dan (2 Occurrences)
... 18:12 = "camp of Dan" 13:25 (RV, "Mahaneh-dan"), a place behind (ie, west of)
Kirjath-jearim, where the six hundred Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol encamped on ...
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Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)
... 18:12 = "camp of Dan" 13:25 (RV, "Mahaneh-dan"), a place behind (ie, west of)
Kirjath-jearim, where the six hundred Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol encamped on ...
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Kiriathjearim
... 1. Scripture References: Judges 18:12 records that the men of Dan set forth out
of Zorah and Eshtaol and encamped in Mahaneh-dan behind (West of) Kiriath-jearim ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... 1. Scripture References: Judges 18:12 records that the men of Dan set forth out
of Zorah and Eshtaol and encamped in Mahaneh-dan behind (West of) Kiriath-jearim ...
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Esh'ta-ol (6 Occurrences)
Esh'ta-ol. Eshtaol, Esh'ta-ol. Eshta'ol . ... Joshua 19:41 And the border of their
inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh; (See RSV). ...
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Zoreah (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Zoreah (2 Occurrences). Joshua 15:33 And in the
valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (KJV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Dan (71 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Judges 13:25 The Spirit of
Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. ...
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Samson (37 Occurrences)
... 13:5, 7, 14). The spirit of Yahweh first began to move him in Mahaneh-dan,
between Zorah and Eshtaol (13:25). On his arriving at ...
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Bible Concordance

Eshtaol (7 Occurrences)

Joshua 15:33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 19:41 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 13:25 The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 16:31 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 18:2 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land!" They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 18:8 They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Eshtaol

Eshtaol: A Town of the Tribe of Judah

Eshtaol: Allotted to Dan

Eshtaol: Samson Buried Near

Eshtaol: Samson Moved by the Spirit of the Lord Near

Related Terms

Zorah (10 Occurrences)

Mahaneh-dan (2 Occurrences)

Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)

Kiriathjearim

Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)