STRONGS NUMBER H851


Word Summary
Eshtemoa: a man of Judah, also a city in Judah
Original Word: אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ
Transliteration: Eshtemoa
Phonetic Spelling: (esh-tem-o'-ah)
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Short Definition: a man of Judah, also a city in Judah
Meaning: Eshtemoa -- a man of Judah, also a city in Judah
Strong's Concordance
Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh

Or beshtmowam {esh-tem-o'-ah}; or seshtmoh {esh-tem-o'}; from shama' (in the sense of obedience); Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine -- Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh.

see HEBREW shama'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H851. Eshtemoa

אֶשְׁתְּמוֺעַJoshua 21:14, אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ1 Samuel 30:28; 1 Chronicles 4:17, 19; 6:42, אֶשְׁתְּמֹהJoshua 15:50

proper name, of a location Levitical city in mountain-country of Judah, south of Hebron, modern Semû±­ see RobBR i. 464, ii. 204 Surveyiii. 403 BdPal. 153; 1 Chronicles 4:17, 19 it appears as

proper name, masculine of a man of Judah. (On the form, compare below אֶשְׁתָּאוֺל‎.)