Strong's Lexicon

H842

H842 — אֲשֵׁרָה אֲשֵׁירָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewasherahnameOccurrences: 40TWOT: 183h

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H842
Word:	אֲשֵׁרָה אֲשֵׁירָה
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H833
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	40
Transliteration:	asherah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ash-ay-raw' (or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}) n/p.
Meaning:	1. happy 2. Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess 3. also an image of the same
KJV Renderings:	grove.

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אֲשֵׁרָה, אֲשֵׁירָה 2Kgs 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. Schr^{ZA 1888, 363}, compare Wkl & Abel^{Thontafelfund} see El Amarna ii. No. 77, 1. 9, & Sayce^{RP2. ii. 67, iii. 71}; on derivatives compare Assyrian aširat , adjective feminine gracious, COT^Gloss):

see now also GFM^{EB ASHERAH} Dr^{Deut 16:21} Allen^{DB ASHERAH}, all doubtful as to Canaanite goddess Asherah; question left open by Zim^{KAT
3. 436 ff.} (on Semitic goddess Aširtu-Ašratu Id.^{ib, 432 ff.}); but see Jerem^{AT 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 2Kgs 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-symbol see WHWard^{AJSL xix.l (Oct.1902)}. — usually with the article: probably

a. a Canaanitish goddess of fortune & happiness; having prophets 1Kgs 18:19, an image 1Kgs 15:13 = 2Chr 15:16 ; 2Kgs 21:7, sacred vessels 2Kgs 23:4, houses 2Kgs 23:7.

b. a symbol of this goddess, a sacred tree or pole set up near an altar 1Kgs 16:33; 2Kgs 13:6; 2Kgs 17:16; 2Kgs 18:4; 2Kgs 21:3; 2Kgs 23:6; 2Kgs 23:15 prohibited Deut 16:1 burnt by Gideon Judg 6:25; Judg 6:26; Judg 6:28 ; Judg 6:30.

Plural אֲשֵׁרוֺת

a. the goddess Judg 3:7 (probably error for עַשְׁתָּרֹת ᵑ9 ).

b. sacred trees or poles 2Chr 19:3 ; 2Chr 33:3 elsewhere אֲשֵׁרִים id. Isa 27:9 + 12 t.; suffix Mic 5:14 + 5 t.; — Exod 34:13 ( J ) Deut 7:5 ; Deut 12:3 ; Isa 17:8; Isa 27:9; Jer 17:20 ; Mic 5:13; 1Kgs 14:15 ; 1Kgs 14:23 ; 2Kgs 17:10; 2Kgs 23:14; 2Chr 14:2; 2Chr 17:6; 2Chr 24:18; 2Chr 31:1; 2Chr 33:19; 2Chr 34:3; 2Chr 34:4 ; 2Chr 34:7 . — (compare also Sta^{ZAW 1881, 344 f.} RS^{Semitic i. 171 f., 175 n.} We^{H 235}, who think ׳ א only the sacred pole.)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אשירה (ashth-rah’)

Exodus 34:13

KJV: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:images: Heb. statues

EHCC: their images, and cut down their groves:

Deuteronomy 7:5

KJV: But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.their images: Heb. their statues, or, pillars

EHCC: and cut down their groves,

Deuteronomy 12:3

KJV: And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.overthrow: Heb. break down

EHCC: and burn their groves

Deuteronomy 16:21

KJV: Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

EHCC: Thou shalt not plant thee a grove

Judges 3:7

KJV: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

EHCC: served Baalim and the groves.

Judges 6:25

KJV: And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:even: or, and

EHCC: cut down the grove that (is) by

Judges 15:13

KJV: And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

EHCC: she made an idol in a grove ;

Judges 16:33

EHCC: Ahab made a grove i

Judges 18:19

KJV: And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

EHCC: the ets of the groves

Judges 17:10

KJV: And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.a suit…: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments

EHCC: and groves in every high hill,

Judges 18:4

KJV: And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

EHCC: cut down the groves,

Judges 21:3

KJV: And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

EHCC: and made a grove, Soe

Judges 23:4

EHCC: for Bal, and for the grove,

Judges 17:6

KJV: In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

EHCC: took away the high places and groves

Judges 19:3

KJV: And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.friendly…: Heb. to her heart

EHCC: thou hast taken away the groves .

Judges 24:18

EHCC: served groves and idols;

Judges 31:1

EHCC: cut down the groves,

Isaiah 17:8

KJV: And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.images: or, sun images

EHCC: either the groves, or the images.

Isaiah 27:9

KJV: By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.images: or, sun images

EHCC: the groves and images shall not

Jeremiah 17:2

KJV: Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

EHCC: their altars and ter front

Micah 5:14

KJV: And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.cities: or, enemies

EHCC: (13).I will pluck up thy groves