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Astarte

[ a-stahr-tey, -tee ]

noun

  1. an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
  2. (lowercase) Also called chest·nut clam [ches, -nuht , klam, -n, uh, t],. any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Astarte, having a somewhat triangular, chestnut-brown shell.


Astarte

/ æˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians: identified with Ashtoreth of the Hebrews and Ishtar of the Babylonians and Assyrians
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Astarte1

First recorded in 1590–1600 Astarte fordef 1; from Latin ٲŧ, from Greek áŧ, from Hebrew ʿōٳ, from Phoenician ʿٲ; Ashtoreth ( def ), Aphrodite
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Bik spent so much of her spare time on duplicated images that last year she decided to leave her job as director of science at Astarte Medical in Foster City, California.

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Seeing the level of vanity and corruption within him is so anathema to the Adeptus Astartes, it makes these sections difficult to read.

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The Queen of Heaven reminds him of Astarte or Mylitta; the Divine Mother of the Magna Mater, the “great mother” of Oriental cults.

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There are no signs of Oriental influence in her cults, except at Corinth, where she seems to have been identified with Astarte.

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The same is placed between two cypresses under the portico of the temple of Astarte, in a medal of Ælia Capitolina; but in this instance the cone is crowned.

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