עֶקְרוֹנִי ʻEqrôwnîy
Meaning
an Ekronite or inhabitant of Ekron
In the King James Version: Ekronite.
Derivation: or עֶקְרֹנִי; patrial from H6138 (עֶקְרוֹן);
Where it is used
- Joshua 13:3 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 5:10 So 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!”