{"def":{"lit":"a stronghold","short":"Azotus (i.e., Ashdod), a place in Palestine","long":["one of the five chief cities of the Philistines, lying between Ashkelon and Jamnia and near the Mediterranean"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H0795)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈɑ.zo.tos","ipa_mod":"ˈɑ.zow.tows","sbl":"azōtos","dic":"AH-zoh-tose","dic_mod":"AH-zoh-tose"},"see":["H0795"]}