Azōtus, i, f., = Ἄζωτος or Ἀζωτός, a city of Palestine, near the coust, the Ashdod of Holy Scripture, and now Esdu/d, Mel. 1, 10; Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68; in Vulg., Asedoth, Jos. 10, 40; 12, 3.