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Ashtoreth

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Ashtoreth (ăsh`tōrĕth), Hebrew form of Astarte Astarte (ăstär`tē), Semitic goddess of fertility and love.
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Ashtoreth
goddess of sexual love. [Phoenician Myth.: Zimmer-man, 32]
See : Lust

Ashtoreth
Moon goddess; Queen of night; equivalent of Greek Astarte. [Phoenician Myth.: Walsh Classical, 34–35]
See : Night


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"Hum," said Sir Henry, who is a scholar, having taken a high degree in classics at college, "there may be something in that; Ashtoreth of the Hebrews was the Astarte of the Phoenicians, who were the great traders of Solomon's time.
 
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