עֶקְרוֺן₂₂ proper name, of a location Ekrôn, Ακκαρων (in Assyrian Am‡arruna COT^Glossary, Dl^{Pa 289} who proposes עַקָּרוֺן ); — Philistine city, one of the famous five, Amos 1:8; Joshua 13:3 (D) + 4 t. Joshua (P), Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 5:10 (twice in verse) + 5 t. 1Samuel; 2 Kings 1:2,3,6,16; Jeremiah 25:20; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:5,7; modern `Âkir Rob^{BR i. 227 ff.} GASm^Geogr.198 Buhl^{Geogr.187 f}.