in Pagan mythology, (the singular of Astaroth,) a Phoenician goddess, called in scripture the queen of heaven, and the goddess of the Sidonians.—Solomon, in compliment to one of his queens, erected an altar to her. In the reign of Ahab, Jezebel caused her worship to be performed with much pomp and ceremony; she had 400 priests; the women were employed in weaving hangings or tabernacles for her; and Jeremiah observes, that "the children gathered the wood, the fathers kindled the fire, and the women kneaded the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven."

in Ancient Geography, a city on the other side Jordan; one of the names of Raabath Ammon, in Arabia Petraea, (Stephanus.)