Azōtus, i, f., = Ἄζωτος or Ἀζωτός,
a city of Palestine , near the coast , the Ashdod of Holy Scripture, and now Esdud , Mel. 1, 10; Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68; in Vulg., Asedoth, Jos. 10, 40; 12, 3.
AZO´TUS(Ἄζωτος: Eth. Ἀζώτιος),the ASHDOD of Scripture, a city assigned to the tribe of Judah in the ...
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