אֲשֵׁרָה,
אֲשֵׁירָה2 Kings 17:16proper name, feminineAshera (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
AsherahAJSL xix.l (Oct.1902). — usually with the article: probably
a.a Canaanitish goddess of fortune & happiness; having prophets1 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, asacred 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. Pluralאֲשֵׁרוֺתa.the goddessJudges 3:7 (probably error for עַשְׁתָּרֹתᵑ9). b.sacred trees or poles2Chronicles 19:3; 33:3; elsewhere אֲשֵׁרִיםid.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.)
Strong's Hebrew: 842. אֲשֵׁרָה (Asherah) — 40 Occurrences
Exodus 34:13
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB: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
HEB:לְעָפָ֖ר וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃
NAS: them to dust, and burned the Asherah.
KJV: and burned the grove.
INT: to dust and burned the Asherah
2 Chronicles 14:3
HEB:וַיְגַדַּ֖ע אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃
NAS: cut down the Asherim,
KJV: the images, and cut down the groves:
INT: the pillars cut the Asherim
2 Chronicles 15:16
HEB:אֲשֶׁר־ עָשְׂתָ֥ה לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת
NAS: image as an Asherah, and Asa
KJV: an idol in a grove: and Asa
INT: because had made an Asherah A horrid cut
2 Chronicles 17:6
HEB:הַבָּמ֥וֹת וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים מִיהוּדָֽה׃ פ
NAS: the high places and the Asherim from Judah.
KJV: the high places and groves out of Judah.
INT: removed the high and the Asherim Judah
2 Chronicles 19:3
HEB:כִּֽי־ בִעַ֤רְתָּ הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙ מִן־ הָאָ֔רֶץ
NAS: in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land
KJV: in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land,
INT: for have removed the Asheroth from the land
2 Chronicles 24:18
HEB:וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְאֶת־ הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים
NAS: and served the Asherim and the idols;
KJV: and served groves and idols:
INT: of their fathers and served the Asherim and the idols came
2 Chronicles 31:1
HEB:הַמַּצֵּב֣וֹת וַיְגַדְּע֣וּ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֡ים וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּ אֶת־
NAS: cut down the Asherim and pulled down
KJV: and cut down the groves, and threw down
INT: the pillars cut the Asherim and pulled the high
2 Chronicles 33:3
HEB:לַבְּעָלִים֙ וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ לְכָל־
NAS: and made Asherim, and worshiped
KJV: and made groves, and worshipped
INT: the Baals and made Asherim and worshiped all
2 Chronicles 33:19
HEB:בָּמוֹת֙ וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י
NAS: and erected the Asherim and the carved images,
KJV: and set up groves and graven images,
INT: high and erected the Asherim and the carved before
2 Chronicles 34:3
HEB:מִן־ הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃
NAS: of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images
KJV: from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images,
INT: at of the high the Asherim the carved and the molten
2 Chronicles 34:4
HEB:מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם גִּדֵּ֑עַ וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִ֤ים וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙
NAS: them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images
KJV: he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images,
INT: and chopped the Asherim the carved and the molten
2 Chronicles 34:7
HEB:הַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹת וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤ים וְהַפְּסִלִים֙ כִּתַּ֣ת
NAS: and beat the Asherim and the carved images
KJV: the altars and the groves, and had beaten
INT: tore the altars the Asherim and the carved and beat
Isaiah 17:8
HEB:לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֔ה וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְהָחַמָּנִֽים׃
NAS: have made, Even the Asherim and incense stands.
KJV: have made, either the groves, or the images.
INT: Nor look the Asherim and incense
Isaiah 27:9
HEB:לֹֽא־ יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃
NAS: stones; [When] Asherim and incense altars
KJV: that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images
INT: will not stand Asherim and incense
Jeremiah 17:2
HEB:בְּנֵיהֶם֙ מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־ עֵ֣ץ
NAS: So they [remember] their altars and their Asherim By green
KJV: their altars and their groves by the green
INT: their children they their altars and their Asherim and trees
Micah 5:14
HEB: וְנָתַשְׁתִּ֥י אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י
NAS: I will root out your Asherim from among
KJV: And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst
INT: will root your Asherim among and destroy
