Asherah: a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same Original Word: אֲשֵׁרָה Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Transliteration: Asherah Phonetic Spelling: (ash-ay-raw') Short Definition: Asherim
Word Origin of foreign origin Definition a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same NASB Word Usage Asherah (18), Asherim (20), Asheroth (2). אֲשֵׁרָה, אֲשֵׁירָה 2 Kings 17:16 proper name, feminine Ashera (Assyrian proper name, feminine Aš-ra-tu, with sign for deity, in Canaanitish proper name Abad-Ašratum, servant of A. SchrZA 1888, 363, compare Wkl & AbelThontafelfund see El Amarna ii. No. 77, 1. 9, & SayceRP2. ii. 67, iii. 71; on derivatives compare Assyrian aširat, adjective feminine gracious, COTGloss): **see now also GFMEB ASHERAH DrDeut 16:21 AllenDB ASHERAH, all doubtful as to Canaanite goddess Asherah; question left open by ZimKAT 3. 436 ff. (on Semitic goddess Aširtu-Ašratu Id.ib, 432 ff.); but see JeremAT im Licht d. Alten Orients 207 (name of goddess Aširat in letter found at Taanach by Sellin (1902-3) and Id.ib. 37. 237) (Oppenheim's find at Ras el-`Ain in Mesopotamia, stone shaft with veiled head as top, supposed to identify post with goddess; if 2 Kings 23:7 refers to draped Asherim [see on text Benz Bur], this even more plausible), Id.ib. 23, 208 f. 236. On pictorial representations of Asherah#NAME?AJSL xix.l (Oct.1902). — usually with the article: probably a. a Canaanitish goddess of fortune & happiness; having prophets 1 Kings 18:19, an image 1 Kings 15:13 2Chronicles 15:16; 2 Kings 21:7, sacred vessels 2 Kings 23:4, houses 2 Kings 23:7. b. a symbol of this goddess, a sacred tree or pole set up near an altar 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:6,15; prohibited Deuteronomy 16:1; burnt by Gideon Judges 6:25,26,28,30. Plural אֲשֵׁרוֺת a. the goddess Judges 3:7 (probably error for עַשְׁתָּרֹת ᵑ9). b. sacred trees or poles2Chronicles 19:3; 33:3; elsewhere אֲשֵׁרִים id. Isaiah 27:9 12t.; suffix Micah 5:14 5t.; — Exodus 34:13 (J) Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 17:20; Micah 5:13; 1 Kings 14:15,23; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 23:14; 2Chron 14:2; 2 Chronicles 17:6; 24:18; 31:1; 33:19; 34:3,4,7. — (compare also StaZAW 1881, 344 f. RSSemitic i. 171 f., 175 n. WeH 235, who think ׳א only the sacred pole.)
grove Or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same -- grove. Compare Ashtoreth. see HEBREW 'ashar see HEBREW Ashtoreth
’ă·šu·rāw — 1 Occ. ’ă·šu·rê·nū — 1 Occ. ba·’ă·šu·rōw — 1 Occ. la·’ă·šu·rōw — 1 Occ. ’ă·šu·rîm — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·śar·’êl — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·śar·’ê·lāh — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rāh — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·re·ḵā — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rāh — 3 Occ. ’ă·šê·rê·hem — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rîm — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rāh — 9 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rîm — 7 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rō·wṯ — 2 Occ. lā·’ă·šê·rāh — 3 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem — 2 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rîm — 2 Occ.
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’ă·šê·rāh — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·re·ḵā — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rāh — 3 Occ. ’ă·šê·rāw — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rê·hem — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rîm — 1 Occ. ’ă·šê·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rāh — 9 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rîm — 7 Occ. hā·’ă·šê·rō·wṯ — 2 Occ. lā·’ă·šê·rāh — 3 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rê·hem — 2 Occ. wa·’ă·šê·rîm — 2 Occ. wə·hā·’ă·šê·rāh — 1 Occ. wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm — 3 Occ. wə·lā·’ă·šê·rāh — 1 Occ.
Exodus 34:13 BIB: תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן וְאֶת־ אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו תִּכְרֹתֽוּן׃ NAS: and cut down their Asherim-- KJV: and cut down their groves: INT: their pillars and smash their Asherim and cutDeuteronomy 7:5 BIB: וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙ תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם NAS: and hew down their Asherim, and burn KJV: and cut down their groves, and burn INT: their pillars and smash their Asherim and hew their graven Deuteronomy 12:3 BIB: אֶת־ מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙ תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּן בָּאֵ֔שׁ NAS: and burn their Asherim with fire, KJV: and burn their groves with fire; INT: and smash their pillars their Asherim and burn fire Deuteronomy 16:21 BIB: תִטַּ֥ע לְךָ֛ אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה כָּל־ עֵ֑ץ NAS: You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any KJV: Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees INT: shall not plant an Asherah of any of tree Judges 3:7 BIB: הַבְּעָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת׃ NAS: and served the Baals and the Asheroth. KJV: and served Baalim and the groves. INT: and served the Baals and the Asheroth Judges 6:25 BIB: לְאָבִ֔יךָ וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלָ֖יו NAS: and cut down the Asherah that is beside KJV: hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it: INT: which to your father the Asherah which is beside Judges 6:26 BIB: עוֹלָ֔ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּכְרֹֽת׃ NAS: with the wood of the Asherah which KJV: with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. INT: A burnt the wood of the Asherah which shall cut Judges 6:28 BIB: מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלָ֖יו NAS: was torn down, and the Asherah which KJV: was cast down, and the grove was cut down INT: the altar of Baal and the Asherah which was beside Judges 6:30 BIB: וְכִ֥י כָרַ֖ת הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלָֽיו׃ NAS: he has cut down the Asherah which KJV: and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it. INT: and indeed has cut the Asherah which was beside 1 Kings 14:15 BIB: עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־ אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מַכְעִיסִ֖ים אֶת־ NAS: they have made their Asherim, provoking KJV: because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD INT: which have made their Asherim provoking the LORD 1 Kings 14:23 BIB: בָּמ֥וֹת וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־ NAS: and [sacred] pillars and Asherim on every KJV: and images, and groves, on every high INT: high and pillars and Asherim on every 1 Kings 15:13 BIB: עָשְׂתָ֥ה מִפְלֶ֖צֶת לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ NAS: image as an Asherah; and Asa KJV: an idol in a grove; and Asa INT: had made A horrid an Asherah cut and Asa 1 Kings 16:33 BIB: אַחְאָ֖ב אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַיּ֨וֹסֶף אַחְאָ֜ב NAS: also made the Asherah. Thus Ahab KJV: And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did INT: made Ahab the Asherah more Ahab 1 Kings 18:19 BIB: וַחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים וּנְבִיאֵ֤י הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙ אַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת NAS: prophets of the Asherah, who eat KJV: and the prophets of the groves four INT: and fifty prophets of the Asherah four hundred 2 Kings 13:6 BIB: הָלָ֑ךְ וְגַם֙ הָאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה עָמְדָ֖ה בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ NAS: but walked in them; and the Asherah also KJV: therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) INT: walked also and the Asherah standing Samaria 2 Kings 17:10 BIB: לָהֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־ NAS: for themselves [sacred] pillars and Asherim on every KJV: images and groves in every high INT: set themselves pillars and Asherim on every 2 Kings 17:16 BIB: עֲגָלִ֑ים וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ לְכָל־ NAS: and made an Asherah and worshiped KJV: and made a grove, and worshipped INT: calves and made an Asherah and worshiped all 2 Kings 18:4 BIB: וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־ הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ NAS: and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces KJV: and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces INT: the pillars and cut the Asherah broke serpent 2 Kings 21:3 BIB: לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה NAS: and made an Asherah, as Ahab KJV: and made a grove, as did INT: Baal and made an Asherah which had done 2 Kings 21:7 BIB: אֶת־ פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה NAS: the carved image of Asherah that he had made, KJV: a graven image of the grove that he had made INT: set the carved of Asherah of which had made 2 Kings 23:4 BIB: הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַבַּ֣עַל וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א NAS: for Baal, for Asherah, and for all KJV: for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host INT: were made Baal Asherah and for all the host 2 Kings 23:6 BIB: וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה NAS: He brought out the Asherah from the house KJV: And he brought out the grove from the house INT: brought the Asherah the house of the LORD 2 Kings 23:7 BIB: שָׁ֛ם בָּתִּ֖ים לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ NAS: were weaving hangings for the Asherah. KJV: wove hangings for the grove. INT: in it hangings the Asherah 2 Kings 23:14 BIB: וַיִּכְרֹ֖ת אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־ NAS: and cut down the Asherim and filled KJV: and cut down the groves, and filled INT: the pillars and cut the Asherim and filled their places 2 Kings 23:15 BIB: לְעָפָ֖ר וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ NAS: them to dust, and burned the Asherah. KJV: and burned the grove. INT: to dust and burned the Asherah 40 Occurrences
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