Ashdod = "powerful"

1. a major Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea west from Jerusalem, modern Esdud

Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"

1. a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up

1. (Qal) to thrust out, cast out

2. (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed

3. (Piel) to drive out, drive away

4. (Pual) to be thrust out

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

1. that

   1. yea, indeed

2. when (of time)

   1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

3. because, since (causal connection)

4. but (after negative)

5. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

6. but rather, but

7. except that

8. only, nevertheless

9. surely

10. that is

11. but if

12. for though

13. forasmuch as, for therefore

to leave, loose, forsake

1. (Qal) to leave

   1. to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone

   2. to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise

   3. to let loose, set free, let go, free

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be left to

   2. to be forsaken

3. (Pual) to be deserted

to restore, repair

1. (Qal) to repair

Azzah = "the strong"

1. another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean

to pluck up, root up

1. (Qal) to pluck up, root up

2. (Niphal) to be plucked up

to cut, hamstring

1. (Piel) to cut, hamstring

Ekron = "emigration" or "torn up by the roots"

1. the most northerly of the 5 principal cities of the Philistines; located in the lowlands of Judah and later given to Dan

noon, midday

1. noon (as specific time of day)

2. noon (in simile as bright of happiness, blessing)

   feminine noun

roof

1. meaning dubious

devastation, waste, desolation