astarte
Speech parts
1. astarte - Noun
2. Astarte - Proper noun
Meaning
A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.
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In the Phoenician-Punic period, the original complex was transformed into a famous sanctuary to Astarte, and then, in Republican Roman period, it was dedicated to Juno.
And you will probably see Sharon Astarte, who moved the store to Main Street from West Annapolis eight years ago, or her daughter Sarah.
King Solomon reportedly worshiped Astarte (1 Kgs 11.5) and built holy sites around Jerusalem for the worship of various deities to whom his wives offered incense (1 Kgs 11.7-8).
In particular, there is a great deal of evidence for the worship of Ba'al, several of the other Canaanite gods, and possibly Astarte.
Supposedly the goddess Astarte, also called Easter, hatched from an egg that fell from the sky into the Euphrates River.
I hold this Astarte to be no other than the moon-goddess.