Difference between revisions of "Azotus"

        <p> See [[Ashdod]] . </p>

        Acts 8:40 <p> </p>

        [[Ashdod]] <p> </p>

        <p> <strong> AZOTUS </strong> . See Ashdod. </p>

        <p> ( Ἄζωτος) </p> <p> Azotus, the Gr. form of ‘Ashdod,’ occurs often in 1 Mac. ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 4:15; 1 Maccabees 5:68; 1 Maccabees 10:77; 1 Maccabees 10:83 f. etc.), and once in the NT. St. [[Philip]] met the [[Ethiopian]] on ‘the way that goes down from [[Jerusalem]] to Gaza,’ and, after baptizing him, ‘was found at Azotus’ ( Acts 8:26; Acts 8:40). [[Ashdod]] was the most important of the [[Philistine]] cities which formed the Pentapolis. Situated midway between [[Joppa]] and Gaza-about 25 miles from each-it passed through many vicissitudes. It appears often in the historical and prophetic books of the OT, in the [[Assyrian]] records, in the Maccabaean annals, and in Josephus. [[Herodotus]] (ii. 157) says that the siege which [[Azotus]] endured before it was subdued by Psammeticus, king of Egypt, was the longest on record, lasting 29 years. Ashdod survives in the modern <i> Esdûd </i> , a village on the slope of a wooded artificial mound ( <i> tell </i> )-once, no doubt, a strong fortress-about 3 miles from the sea-coast, where the traces of a harbour have been found. The ancient city lies beneath the sand-drift that now threatens to bury the mud hovels of the village, among which some remains of old stone buildings are to be seen. The wide plain to the east is exceedingly fertile. </p> <p> James Strahan. </p> <p> </p>

        <p> See ASHDOD. </p>

        <p> Azo'tus. See [[Ashdod]] . </p>

        <p> '''''a''''' -'''''zō´tus''''' . See [[Ashdod]] (1 Macc 9:15; Acts 8:40 ). </p>

        <p> ( ῎Αζωτος ), the Graecized form ( Acts 8:40; so 1 [[Maccabees]] 4:15; 1 Maccabees 5:68; 1 Maccabees 10:77-78; 1 Maccabees 10:83; 1 Maccabees 11:4; 1 Maccabees 13:34; 1 Maccabees 16:10) of the name of the city ASHDOD (See [[Ashdod]]) (q.v.). </p>

        <ref name="term_15363"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/azotus Azotus from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_30536"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/azotus Azotus from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_38720"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/azotus Azotus from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_44965"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/azotus Azotus from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>

        <ref name="term_49585"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/azotus Azotus from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_54963"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/azotus Azotus from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>

        <ref name="term_64918"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/azotus Azotus from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_71560"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/azotus Azotus from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_1271"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/azotus Azotus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_21953"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/azotus Azotus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>