Asherah
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842. Asherah

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.


Strong's Hebrew 842
40 Occurrences


’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 cut

Deuteronomy 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

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