eq.ron is a place named in boundary lists, Philistine settings, and pronouncements concerning its fate.

The term consistently identifies a particular place: it marks borders and settlements, occurs in accounts involving Philistines and the god identified with it, and stands among places addressed in pronouncements of loss or change.

1. A named place in narrative, borders, and pronouncements · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun throughout. In Joshua 15:11 the APB renders a border going to the "shoulder of Ekron," while Joshua 15:45 presents the place with "its daughters and its villages." In 1 Samuel 5:10 the ark is sent there and its inhabitants cry out; in Amos 1:8 and Zephaniah 2:4 it is included in pronouncements concerning the Philistine region.

   Joshua 15:11Joshua 15:451 Samuel 5:101 Samuel 7:14Amos 1:8Zephaniah 2:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the proper name as "Ekron," including border notices, travel and conflict scenes, and references to "the god of Ekron." These renderings confirm the verses' place-name usage rather than isolate every grammatical contribution.