Lexicon :: Strong's H842 - 'ăšērâ

אֲשֵׁרָה

Transliteration

'ăšērâ

Pronunciation

ash-ay-raw'

Part of Speech

proper feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From אָשַׁר (H833)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 183h

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw'; or אֲשֵׁירָה ʼăshêyrâh; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:—grove. Compare H6253.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H842 in the following manner: grove (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H842 in the following manner: grove (40x).

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
  1. the goddess, goddesses
  2. her images
  3. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh, ash-ay-raw'; or אֲשֵׁירָה ʼăshêyrâh; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:—grove. Compare H6253.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H842: Abbreviations

† 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. 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 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—^{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 2 Chronicles 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 ).

b. sacred trees or poles 2 Chronicles 19:3; 33:3; elsewhere אֲשֵׁרִים id. Isaiah 27:9 + 12 times; suffix Micah 5:14 + 5 times; — 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; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 17:6; 24:18; 31:1; 33:19; 34:3, 4, 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.)

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

34:13

Deuteronomy

7:5; 12:3; 16:1; 16:21

Judges

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

1 Kings

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

2 Kings

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

2 Chronicles

14:2; 15:16; 17:6; 19:3; 24:18; 31:1; 33:3; 33:19; 34:3; 34:4; 34:7

Isaiah

17:8; 27:9; 27:9

Jeremiah

17:20

Micah

5:13; 5:14

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H842 matches the Hebrew אֲשֵׁרָה ('ăšērâ),
which occurs 40 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Exo 34:13

Exo 34:13 - But ye shall destroy^H5422 their altars,^H4196 break^H7665 their images,^H4676 and cut down^H3772 their groves:^H842

Deu 7:5

Deu 7:5 - But thus shall ye deal^H6213 with them; ye shall destroy^H5422 their altars,^H4196 and break down^H7665 their images,^H4676 and cut down^H1438 their groves,^H842 and burn^H8313 their graven images^H6456 with fire.^H784

Deu 12:3

Deu 12:3 - And ye shall overthrow^H5422 their altars,^H4196 and break^H7665 their pillars,^H4676 and burn^H8313 their groves^H842 with fire;^H784 and ye shall hew down^H1438 the graven images^H6456 of their gods,^H430 and destroy^H6 the names^H8034 of them out of that place.^H4725

Deu 16:21

Deu 16:21 - Thou shalt not plant^H5193 thee a grove^H842 of any trees^H6086 near unto^H681 the altar^H4196 of the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 which thou shalt make^H6213 thee.

Jdg 3:7

Jdg 3:7 - And the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did^H6213 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD,^H3068 and forgat^H7911 the LORD^H3068 their God,^H430 and served^H5647 Baalim^H1168 and the groves.^H842

Jdg 6:25

Jdg 6:25 - And it came to pass the same night,^H3915 that the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto him, Take^H3947 thy father's^H1 young^H6499 bullock,^H7794 even the second^H8145 bullock^H6499 of seven^H7651 years old,^H8141 and throw down^H2040 the altar^H4196 of Baal^H1168 that thy father^H1 hath, and cut down^H3772 the grove^H842 that is by it:

Jdg 6:26

Jdg 6:26 - And build^H1129 an altar^H4196 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 upon the top^H7218 of this rock,^H4581 in the ordered place,^H4634 and take^H3947 the second^H8145 bullock,^H6499 and offer^H5927 a burnt sacrifice^H5930 with the wood^H6086 of the grove^H842 which thou shalt cut down.^H3772

Jdg 6:28

Jdg 6:28 - And when the men^H582 of the city^H5892 arose early^H7925 in the morning,^H1242 behold, the altar^H4196 of Baal^H1168 was cast down,^H5422 and the grove^H842 was cut down^H3772 that was by it, and the second^H8145 bullock^H6499 was offered^H5927 upon the altar^H4196 that was built.^H1129

Jdg 6:30

Jdg 6:30 - Then the men^H582 of the city^H5892 said^H559 unto Joash,^H3101 Bring out^H3318 thy son,^H1121 that he may die:^H4191 because he hath cast down^H5422 the altar^H4196 of Baal,^H1168 and because he hath cut down^H3772 the grove^H842 that was by it.

1Ki 14:15

1Ki 14:15 - For the LORD^H3068 shall smite^H5221 Israel,^H3478 as a reed^H7070 is shaken^H5110 in the water,^H4325 and he shall root up^H5428 Israel^H3478 out of this good^H2896 land,^H127 which he gave^H5414 to their fathers,^H1 and shall scatter^H2219 them beyond^H5676 the river,^H5104 because they have made^H6213 their groves,^H842 provoking the LORD^H3068 to anger.^H3707

1Ki 14:23

1Ki 14:23 - For they also built^H1129 them high places,^H1116 and images,^H4676 and groves,^H842 on every high^H1364 hill,^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree.^H6086

1Ki 15:13

1Ki 15:13 - And also Maachah^H4601 his mother,^H517 even her he removed^H5493 from being queen,^H1377 because she had made^H6213 an idol^H4656 in a grove;^H842 and Asa^H609 destroyed^H3772 her idol,^H4656 and burnt^H8313 it by the brook^H5158 Kidron.^H6939

1Ki 16:33

1Ki 16:33 - And Ahab^H256 made^H6213 a grove;^H842 and Ahab^H256 did^H6213 more^H3254 to provoke the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 to anger^H3707 than all the kings^H4428 of Israel^H3478 that were before^H6440 him.

1Ki 18:19

1Ki 18:19 - Now therefore send,^H7971 and gather^H6908 to me all Israel^H3478 unto mount^H2022 Carmel,^H3760 and the prophets^H5030 of Baal^H1168 four^H702 hundred^H3967 and fifty,^H2572 and the prophets^H5030 of the groves^H842 four^H702 hundred,^H3967 which eat^H398 at Jezebel's^H348 table.^H7979

2Ki 13:6

2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless they departed^H5493 not from the sins^H2403 of the house^H1004 of Jeroboam,^H3379 who made Israel^H3478 sin,^H2398 but walked^H1980 therein: and there remained^H5975 the grove^H842 also in Samaria.)^H8111

2Ki 17:10

2Ki 17:10 - And they set them up^H5324 images^H4676 and groves^H842 in every high^H1364 hill,^H1389 and under every green^H7488 tree:^H6086

2Ki 17:16

2Ki 17:16 - And they left^H5800 all the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 their God,^H430 and made^H6213 them molten images,^H4541 even two^H8147 calves,^H5695 and made^H6213 a grove,^H842 and worshipped^H7812 all the host^H6635 of heaven,^H8064 and served^H5647 Baal.^H1168

2Ki 18:4

2Ki 18:4 - He removed^H5493 the high places,^H1116 and brake^H7665 the images,^H4676 and cut down^H3772 the groves,^H842 and brake in pieces^H3807 the brasen^H5178 serpent^H5175 that Moses^H4872 had made:^H6213 for unto those days^H3117 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did burn incense^H6999 to it: and he called^H7121 it Nehushtan.^H5180

2Ki 21:3

2Ki 21:3 - For he built up^H1129 again^H7725 the high places^H1116 which Hezekiah^H2396 his father^H1 had destroyed;^H6 and he reared up^H6965 altars^H4196 for Baal,^H1168 and made^H6213 a grove,^H842 as did^H6213 Ahab^H256 king^H4428 of Israel;^H3478 and worshipped^H7812 all the host^H6635 of heaven,^H8064 and served^H5647 them.

2Ki 21:7

2Ki 21:7 - And he set^H7760 a graven image^H6459 of the grove^H842 that he had made^H6213 in the house,^H1004 of which the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to David,^H1732 and to Solomon^H8010 his son,^H1121 In this house,^H1004 and in Jerusalem,^H3389 which I have chosen^H977 out of all tribes^H7626 of Israel,^H3478 will I put^H7760 my name^H8034 for ever:^H5769

2Ki 23:4

2Ki 23:4 - And the king^H4428 commanded^H6680 Hilkiah^H2518 the high^H1419 priest,^H3548 and the priests^H3548 of the second order,^H4932 and the keepers^H8104 of the door,^H5592 to bring forth^H3318 out of the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068 all the vessels^H3627 that were made^H6213 for Baal,^H1168 and for the grove,^H842 and for all the host^H6635 of heaven:^H8064 and he burned^H8313 them without^H2351 Jerusalem^H3389 in the fields^H7709 of Kidron,^H6939 and carried^H5375 the ashes^H6083 of them unto Bethel.^H1008

2Ki 23:6

2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out^H3318 the grove^H842 from the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 without^H2351 Jerusalem,^H3389 unto the brook^H5158 Kidron,^H6939 and burned^H8313 it at the brook^H5158 Kidron,^H6939 and stamped it small^H1854 to powder,^H6083 and cast^H7993 the powder^H6083 thereof upon the graves^H6913 of the children^H1121 of the people.^H5971

2Ki 23:7

2Ki 23:7 - And he brake down^H5422 the houses^H1004 of the sodomites,^H6945 that were by the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 where the women^H802 wove^H707 hangings^H1004 for the grove.^H842

2Ki 23:14

2Ki 23:14 - And he brake in pieces^H7665 the images,^H4676 and cut down^H3772 the groves,^H842 and filled^H4390 their places^H4725 with the bones^H6106 of men.^H120

2Ki 23:15

2Ki 23:15 - Moreover the altar^H4196 that was at Bethel,^H1008 and the high place^H1116 which Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat,^H5028 who made Israel^H3478 to sin,^H2398 had made,^H6213 both that altar^H4196 and the high place^H1116 he brake down,^H5422 and burned^H8313 the high place,^H1116 and stamped^H1854 it small to powder,^H6083 and burned^H8313 the grove.^H842

2Ch 14:3

2Ch 14:3 - For he took away^H5493 the altars^H4196 of the strange^H5236 gods, and the high places,^H1116 and brake down^H7665 the images,^H4676 and cut down^H1438 the groves:^H842

2Ch 15:16

2Ch 15:16 - And also concerning Maachah^H4601 the mother^H517 of Asa^H609 the king,^H4428 he removed^H5493 her from being queen,^H1377 because she had made^H6213 an idol^H4656 in a grove:^H842 and Asa^H609 cut down^H3772 her idol,^H4656 and stamped^H1854 it, and burnt^H8313 it at the brook^H5158 Kidron.^H6939

2Ch 17:6

2Ch 17:6 - And his heart^H3820 was lifted up^H1361 in the ways^H1870 of the LORD:^H3068 moreover he took away^H5493 the high places^H1116 and groves^H842 out of Judah.^H3063

2Ch 19:3

2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless^H61 there are good^H2896 things^H1697 found^H4672 in thee, in that thou hast taken away^H1197 the groves^H842 out of the land,^H776 and hast prepared^H3559 thine heart^H3824 to seek^H1875 God.^H430

2Ch 24:18

2Ch 24:18 - And they left^H5800 the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of their fathers,^H1 and served^H5647 groves^H842 and idols:^H6091 and wrath^H7110 came upon Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 for this their trespass.^H819

2Ch 31:1

2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished,^H3615 all Israel^H3478 that were present^H4672 went out^H3318 to the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 and brake^H7665 ➔ the images^H4676 in pieces,^H7665 and cut down^H1438 the groves,^H842 and threw down^H5422 the high places^H1116 and the altars^H4196 out of all Judah^H3063 and Benjamin,^H1144 in Ephraim^H669 also and Manasseh,^H4519 until they had utterly destroyed^H3615 them all. Then all the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 returned,^H7725 every man^H376 to his possession,^H272 into their own cities.^H5892

2Ch 33:3

2Ch 33:3 - For he built^H1129 again^H7725 the high places^H1116 which Hezekiah^H3169 his father^H1 had broken down,^H5422 and he reared up^H6965 altars^H4196 for Baalim,^H1168 and made^H6213 groves,^H842 and worshipped^H7812 all the host^H6635 of heaven,^H8064 and served^H5647 them.

2Ch 33:19

2Ch 33:19 - His prayer^H8605 also, and how God was intreated^H6279 of him, and all his sin,^H2403 and his trespass,^H4604 and the places^H4725 wherein he built^H1129 high places,^H1116 and set up^H5975 groves^H842 and graven images,^H6456 before^H6440 he was humbled:^H3665 behold, they are written^H3789 among the sayings^H1697 of the seers.^H2374^H2335

2Ch 34:3

2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth^H8083 year^H8141 of his reign,^H4427 while he was yet young,^H5288 he began^H2490 to seek^H1875 after the God^H430 of David^H1732 his father:^H1 and in the twelfth^H8147^H6240 year^H8141 he began^H2490 to purge^H2891 Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 from the high places,^H1116 and the groves,^H842 and the carved images,^H6456 and the molten images.^H4541

2Ch 34:4

2Ch 34:4 - And they brake down^H5422 the altars^H4196 of Baalim^H1168 in his presence;^H6440 and the images,^H2553 that were on high above them,^H4605 he cut down;^H1438 and the groves,^H842 and the carved images,^H6456 and the molten images,^H4541 he brake in pieces,^H7665 and made dust^H1854 of them, and strowed^H2236 it upon^H6440 the graves^H6913 of them that had sacrificed^H2076 unto them.

2Ch 34:7

2Ch 34:7 - And when he had broken down^H5422 the altars^H4196 and the groves,^H842 and had beaten^H3807 the graven images^H6456 into powder,^H1854 and cut down^H1438 all the idols^H2553 throughout all the land^H776 of Israel,^H3478 he returned^H7725 to Jerusalem.^H3389

Isa 17:8

Isa 17:8 - And he shall not look^H8159 to the altars,^H4196 the work^H4639 of his hands,^H3027 neither shall respect^H7200 that which his fingers^H676 have made,^H6213 either the groves,^H842 or the images.^H2553

Isa 27:9

Isa 27:9 - By this^H2063 therefore shall the iniquity^H5771 of Jacob^H3290 be purged;^H3722 and this is all the fruit^H6529 to take away^H5493 his sin;^H2403 when he maketh^H7760 all the stones^H68 of the altar^H4196 as chalkstones^H1615 that are beaten in sunder,^H5310 the groves^H842 and images^H2553 shall not stand up.^H6965

Jer 17:2

Jer 17:2 - Whilst their children^H1121 remember^H2142 their altars^H4196 and their groves^H842 by the green^H7488 trees^H6086 upon the high^H1364 hills.^H1389

Mic 5:14

Mic 5:14 - And I will pluck up^H5428 thy groves^H842 out of the midst^H7130 of thee: so will I destroy^H8045 thy cities.^H6145^H5892