This word comes from the name of Ekron.
Definition
or עֶקְרֹנִי; patrial from H6138; an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron
Traditional renderings: Ekronite.
Traditional renderings: Ekronite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Joshua 13:3וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י · and Ekron…from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- 1 Samuel 5:10הָֽעֶקְרֹנִ֜ים · the EkronitesSo they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”