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Lexicon :: Strong's H842 - 'ăšērâ

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אֲשֵׁרָה
Transliteration
'ăšērâ
Pronunciation
ash-ay-raw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 183h

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).

  1. 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.
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. SchrZA 1888, 363, compare Wkl & AbelThontafelfund see El Amarna ii. No. 77, 1. 9, & SayceRP2. ii. 67, iii. 71; on derivatives compare Assyrian aširat, adjective feminine gracious, COTGloss): **see now also GFMEB ASHERAH DrDeut 16:21 AllenDB ASHERAH, all doubtful as to Canaanite goddess Asherah; question left open by ZimKAT 3. 436 ff. (on Semitic goddess Aširtu-Ašratu Id.ib, 432 ff.); but see JeremAT 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 Vulgate).
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 StaZAW 1881, 344 f. RSSemitic i. 171 f., 175 n. WeH 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

H842

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus H3541 you shall do H6213 to them: you shall tear H5422 down H5422 their altars, H4196 and smash H7665 their sacred pillars, H4676 and hew H1438 down H1438 their [fn]Asherim, H842 and burn H8313 their graven H6456 images H6456 with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “You shall tear H5422 down H5422 their altars H4196 and smash H7665 their sacred pillars H4676 and burn H8313 their [fn]Asherim H842 with fire, H784 and you shall cut H1438 down H1438 the engraved H6456 images H6456 of their gods H430 and obliterate H6 their name H8034 from that place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:21 - “You shall not plant H5193 for yourself an [fn]Asherah H842 of any H3605 kind of tree H6086 beside H681 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which H834 you shall make H6213 for yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and forgot H7911 the LORD H3068 their God H430 and served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the [fn]Asheroth. H842

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - Now on the same H1931 night H3915 the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 your father’s H1 bull H6499 [fn]and a second H8145 bull H6499 seven H7651 years H8141 old, and pull H2040 down H2040 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 which H834 belongs to your father, H1 and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah H842 that is beside H5921 it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 on the top H7218 of this H2088 stronghold H4581 in an orderly H4634 manner, H4634 and take H3947 a second H8145 bull H6499 and offer H5927 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 with the wood H6086 of the Asherah H842 which H834 you shall cut H3772 down.” H3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - When the men H376 of the city H5892 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 behold, H2009 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 was torn H5422 down, H5422 and the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it was cut H3772 down, H3772 and the second H8145 bull H6499 was offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to Joash, H3060 “Bring H3318 out your son, H1121 that he may die, H4191 for he has torn H5422 down H5422 the altar H4196 of Baal, H1168 and indeed, H3588 he has cut H3772 down H3772 the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - “For the LORD H3068 will strike H5221 Israel, H3478 as a reed H7070 is shaken H5110 in the water; H4325 and He will uproot H5428 Israel H3478 from this H2088 good H2896 land H127 which H834 He gave H5414 to their fathers, H1 and will scatter H2219 them beyond H4480 H5676 the Euphrates River, H5104 because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 their [fn]Asherim, H842 provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 to anger. H3707

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they also H1571 built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116 and sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim H842 on every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 and beneath H8478 every H3605 luxuriant H7488 tree. H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - [fn]He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601 his mother H517 from being queen H1377 mother, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah; H842 and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid H4656 image H4656 and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab H256 also made H6213 the [fn]Asherah. H842 Thus Ahab H256 did H6213 more H3254 to provoke H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 than H4480 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 who H834 were before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - “Now H6258 then send H7971 and gather H6908 to me all H3605 Israel H3478 at Mount H2022 Carmel, H3760 together with 450 H702 H3967 H2572 prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 and 400 H702 H3967 prophets H5030 of the Asherah, H842 who eat H398 at Jezebel’s H348 table.” H7979

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless H389 they did not turn H5493 away H5493 from the sins H2403 of the house H1004 of Jeroboam, H3379 with which H834 he made Israel H3478 sin, H2398 but walked H1980 in [fn]them; and the Asherah H842 also H1571 remained standing H5975 in Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - They set H5324 for themselves sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim H842 on every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They forsook H5800 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 and made H6213 for themselves molten H4541 images, H4541 even two H8147 calves, H5695 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and broke H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah. H842 He also broke H3807 in pieces H3807 the bronze H5178 serpent H5175 that Moses H4872 had made, H6213 for until H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 burned H6999 incense H6999 to it; and it was called H7121 [fn]Nehushtan. H5180

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed; H6 and he erected H6965 altars H4196 for Baal H1168 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah, H842 as Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 had done, H6213 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - Then he set H7760 the carved H6459 image H6459 of Asherah H842 that he had made, H6213 in the house H1004 of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 to David H1732 and to his son H1121 Solomon, H8010 “In this H2088 house H1004 and in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 I will put H7760 My name H8034 forever. H5769

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 and the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order and the [fn]doorkeepers, H8104 H5592 to bring H3318 out of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal, H1168 for [fn]Asherah, H842 and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven; H8064 and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron, H6939 and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel. H1008

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - He brought H3318 out the Asherah H842 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 to the brook H5158 Kidron, H6939 and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron, H6939 and ground H1854 it to dust, H6083 and threw H7993 its dust H6083 on the graves H6913 of the [fn]common H1121 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - He also broke H5422 down H5422 the houses H1004 of the male cult H6945 prostitutes H6945 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 where H834 H8033 the women H802 were weaving H707 [fn]hangings H1004 for the Asherah. H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - He broke H7665 in pieces H7665 the sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 the Asherim H842 and filled H4390 their places H4725 with human H120 bones. H6106

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - Furthermore, H1571 the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 who H834 made Israel H3478 sin, H2398 had made, H6213 even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he broke H5422 down. H5422 Then he [fn]demolished H7665 its stones, ground H1854 them to dust, H6083 and burned H8313 the Asherah. H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed H5493 the foreign H5236 altars H4196 and high H1116 places, H1116 tore H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars, H4676 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim, H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah, H4601 the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa, H609 from the position of queen H1377 mother, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah, H842 and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid H4656 image, H4656 crushed H1854 it and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - [fn]He took H1361 great H1361 pride H1361 H3820 in the ways H1870 of the LORD H3068 and again H5750 removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and the Asherim H842 from Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - “But [fn]there H4672 is some good H2896 in you, for you have removed H1197 the [fn]Asheroth H842 from the land H776 and you have set H3559 your heart H3824 to seek H1875 God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18 - They abandoned H5800 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of their fathers, H1 and served H5647 the [fn]Asherim H842 and the idols; H6091 so wrath H7110 came H1961 upon Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 for this H2088 their guilt. H819

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished, H3615 all H3605 Israel H3478 who were present H4672 went H3318 out to the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 broke H7665 the pillars H4676 in pieces, H7665 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 [fn]until H5704 they had destroyed H3615 them all. H3615 Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities, H5892 each H376 to his possession. H272

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had broken H5422 down; H5422 he also erected H6965 altars H4196 for the Baals H1168 and made H6213 [fn]Asherim, H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer H8605 also and how God was entreated H6279 by him, and all H3605 his sin, H2403 his unfaithfulness, H4604 and the sites H4725 on which H834 he built H1129 high H1116 places H1116 and erected H5975 the Asherim H842 and the carved H6456 images, H6456 before H6440 he humbled H3665 himself, behold, H2009 they are written H3789 in the records H1697 of the [fn]Hozai. H2335

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign H4427 while he was still H5750 a youth, H5288 he began H2490 to seek H1875 the God H430 of his father H1 David; H1732 and in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 he began H2490 to purge H2891 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 of the high H1116 places, H1116 the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images. H4541

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore H5422 down H5422 the altars H4196 of the Baals H1168 in his presence, H6440 and the incense H2553 altars H2553 that were high H4605 above H4605 them he chopped H1438 down; H1438 also the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images H4541 he broke H7665 in pieces H7665 and ground H1854 to powder H1854 and scattered H2236 it on the graves H6913 of those who had sacrificed H2076 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - he also tore H5422 down H5422 the altars H4196 and beat H3807 the Asherim H842 and the carved H6456 images H6456 into powder, H1854 and chopped H1438 down H1438 all H3605 the incense H2553 altars H2553 throughout H3605 the land H776 of Israel. H3478 Then he returned H7725 to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 - He will not have H8159 regard H8159 for the altars, H4196 the work H4639 of his hands, H3027
Nor H3808 will he look H7200 to that which H834 his fingers H676 have made, H6213
Even the [fn]Asherim H842 and [fn]incense H2553 stands. H2553

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - Therefore H3651 through this H2088 Jacob’s H3290 iniquity H5771 will be forgiven; H3722
And this H2088 will be [fn]the full H3605 price H6529 of the [fn]pardoning H5493 of his sin: H2403
When he makes H7760 all H3605 the altar H4196 stones H68 like pulverized H5310 chalk H1615 stones; H68
When [fn]Asherim H842 and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand. H6965

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - As they remember H2142 their children, H1121
So they remember their altars H4196 and their [fn]Asherim H842
By green H7488 trees H6086 on the high H1364 hills. H1389

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