Strong's Number 831
The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
'Ashq@lown {ash-kel-one'}
Word Origin:
probably from
8254
in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Usage in the KJV:
Ashkelon 9, Askelon 3
Total: 12
Definition:
Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem