Ashdod

a town in w israel: an important ancient philistine city; early center of christianity.
contemporary examples

“i live and breathe it,” she said from her house in ashdod, a city about 20 miles north of gaza.
the israeli app red alert saves lives—but it just might drive you nuts itay hod july 14, 2014

the man opted to stay in ashdod rather than travel on the bus with her.
what should the ultra-orthodox do about gender equality on israeli buses? david frum february 18, 2013

“it gives me tranquility,” said batya katzir, another ashdod resident.
the israeli app red alert saves lives—but it just might drive you nuts itay hod july 14, 2014

historical examples

i prefer to dwell in gath and to pitch my tents in ashdod; and i doubt the use of the sling as a weapon in modern war.
the best of the world’s cl-ssics, restricted to prose, vol. vi (of x)–great britain and ireland iv various

i gave his plundered cities to the kings of ashdod, ekron, and gaza.
the expositor’s bible f. w. farrar

ashdod, a place on the coast of palestine, formerly one of the chief cities of the philistines, now an insignificant village.
the new gresham encyclopedia. vol. 1 part 2 various

the centre of the explosion of 711 was ashdod, a city of the philistines.
the book of isaiah, volume i (of 2) george adam smith

riding due west from ashdod we reached the sh-r-, at a point which seems to have been rarely visited by former travellers.
tent work in palestine claude reignier conder

they had set it up as a trophy of victory in the temple of dagon at ashdod.
the history of antiquity, vol. ii (of vi) max duncker

but no sooner is it there than the disease that had broken out at ashdod falls upon the gitt-tes, and the mortality is terrible.
the expositor’s bible: the first book of samuel w. g. blaikie

noun
a town in central israel, on the mediterranean coast: an important city in the philistine empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. pop: 192 000 (2003 est)

stronghold, a philistine city (josh. 15:47), about midway between gaza and joppa, and 3 miles from the mediterranean. it was one of the chief seats of the worship of dagon (1 sam. 5:5). it belonged to the tribe of judah (josh. 15:47), but it never came into their actual possession. it was an important city, as it stood on the highroad from egypt to palestine, and hence was strongly fortified (2 chr. 26:6; isa. 20:1). uzziah took it, but fifty years after his death it was taken by the -ssyrians (b.c. 758). according to sargon’s record, it was captured by him in b.c. 711. the only reference to it in the new testament, where it is called azotus, is in the account of philip’s return from gaza (acts 8:40). it is now called eshdud.