What was Ekron in the Bible?
Ekron, ancient Canaanite and Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, and currently identified with Tel Miqne (Arabic: Khirbat al-MuqannaÊ¿), south of the settlement of Mazkeret Batya, central Israel. What does the name Ekron mean? Biblical Names Meaning: In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Ekron is: Barrenness, torn away….