H842 - אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh)

H842 אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh) ash-ay-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Asherah

Biblical Persons & Places

Asherah A female deity in the Old Testament

A female deity in the Old Testament; called Asherah or Asherim or Asheroth (אֲשֵׁרָה)

Strong's Definition

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

Derivation: or אֲשֵׁירָה; from H833 (אָשַׁר); happy;

KJV Usage: grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).

TWOT Reference: 183h

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images

1a) the goddess, goddesses

1b) her images

1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)" a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images her images sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲשֵׁירָה / אֲשֵׁרָה ăshêrâh / ăshêyrâh BDB Definition: Ashera(h) = groves (for idol worship) 1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images 1a) the goddess, goddesses 1b) her images 1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar Part of Speech: noun proper feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H833 Same Word by TWOT Number: 183h Total KJV Occurrences: 40

Bible Occurrences (40)

34:13

7:5 12:3 16:21

3:7 6:25 6:26 6:28 6:30

14:15 14:23 15:13 16:33 18:19

13:6 17:10 17:16 18:4 21:3 21:7 23:4 23:6 23:7 23:14 23:15

14:3 15:16 17:6 19:3 24:18 31:1 33:3 33:19 34:3 34:4 34:7

17:8 27:9

17:2

5:14

Exodus 34:13

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Deuteronomy 7:5

Instead..., this is what you are to do to them:... tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up... their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place....

Deuteronomy 16:21

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God -,

Judges 3:7

So the Israelites... did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Judges 6:25

On that very night the LORD said to [Gideon], Take your father’s young bull... and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

Judges 6:26

Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.

Judges 6:28

When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.