Quick Definition
Asherah
Biblical Persons & Places
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲשֵׁרָה (a.she.rah) — Asherah.
§ 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Names of Deities | ≈ בַּעַל
Asherah = female deity; ► worshiped by Canaanites, and symbolized with a wooden pole
JDG 3:7 · 1KI 15:13 · 1KI 18:19 · 2KI 21:7 · 2KI 23:4 · 2KI 23:7 · 2CH 15:16
Images | Cult Objects | ≈ חַמָּן · מִזְבֵּחַ · מַסֵּכָה · מַצֵּבָה · פָּסִיל
sacred pole = a pole, ◄ made of wood, ► representing the deity Ashera, and set up near the altar in a place of sacrifice
EXO 34:13 · DEU 7:5 · DEU 12:3 · DEU 16:21 · JDG 6:25 · JDG 6:26 · JDG 6:28 · JDG 6:30 · 1KI 14:15 · 1KI 14:23 · 1KI 16:33 · 2KI 13:6 · 2KI 17:10 · 2KI 17:16 · 2KI 18:4 · 2KI 21:3 · 2KI 23:6 · 2KI 23:14 · 2KI 23:15 · 2CH 14:2 · 2CH 17:6 · 2CH 19:3 · 2CH 24:18 · 2CH 31:1 · 2CH 33:3 · 2CH 33:19 · 2CH 34:3 · 2CH 34:4 · 2CH 34:7 · ISA 17:8 · ISA 27:9 · JER 17:2 · MIC 5:13
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲשֵׁרָה, אֲשֵׁירָה n.pr.f. Ashera base