What Does “Astarte” Mean in the Bible?
A false goddess of the Canaanites. Israel sometimes worshiped her, and the prophets asked the people to give her up.
Where it appears in the Bible
Judges 2:13; 1 Samuel 7:3
What the Bible says
Judges 2:13
Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth.
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: NAB note on Judges 2:13