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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 Box Exo 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - sed aras eorum destrue confringe statuas lucosque succide

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - quin potius haec facietis eis aras eorum subvertite confringite statuas lucosque succidite et sculptilia conburite

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - dissipate aras earum et confringite statuas lucos igne conburite et idola comminuite disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:21 - non plantabis lucum et omnem arborem iuxta altare Domini Dei tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - feceruntque malum in conspectu Domini et obliti sunt Dei sui servientes Baalim et Astharoth

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - nocte illa dixit Dominus ad eum tolle taurum patris tui et alterum taurum annorum septem destruesque aram Baal quae est patris tui et nemus quod circa aram est succide

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - et aedificabis altare Domino Deo tuo in summitate petrae huius super quam sacrificium ante posuisti tollesque taurum secundum et offeres holocaustum super lignorum struem quae de nemore succideris

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - cumque surrexissent viri oppidi eius mane viderunt destructam aram Baal lucumque succisum et taurum alterum inpositum super altare quod tunc aedificatum erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - et dixerunt ad Ioas produc filium tuum ut moriatur quia destruxit aram Baal et succidit nemus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - et percutiet Dominus Israhel sicut moveri solet harundo in aqua et evellet Israhel de terra bona hac quam dedit patribus eorum et ventilabit eos trans Flumen quia fecerunt sibi lucos ut inritarent Dominum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - aedificaverunt enim et ipsi sibi aras et statuas et lucos super omnem collem excelsum et subter omnem arborem frondosam

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - insuper et Maacham matrem suam amovit ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi et in luco eius quem consecraverat subvertitque specum eius et confregit simulacrum turpissimum et conbusit in torrente Cedron

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - et plantavit lucum et addidit Ahab in opere suo inritans Dominum Deum Israhel super omnes reges Israhel qui fuerant ante eum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - verumtamen nunc mitte et congrega ad me universum Israhel in monte Carmeli et prophetas Baal quadringentos quinquaginta prophetasque lucorum quadringentos qui comedunt de mensa Hiezabel

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - verumtamen non recesserunt a peccatis domus Hieroboam qui peccare fecit Israhel in ipsis ambulaverunt siquidem et lucus permansit in Samaria

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - feceruntque sibi statuas et lucos in omni colle sublimi et subter omne lignum nemorosum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - et dereliquerunt omnia praecepta Domini Dei sui feceruntque sibi conflatiles duos vitulos et lucos et adoraverunt universam militiam caeli servieruntque Baal

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - ipse dissipavit excelsa et contrivit statuas et succidit lucos confregitque serpentem aeneum quem fecerat Moses siquidem usque ad illud tempus filii Israhel adolebant ei incensum vocavitque eum Naasthan

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - conversusque est et aedificavit excelsa quae dissipaverat Ezechias pater eius et erexit aras Baal et fecit lucos sicut fecerat Ahab rex Israhel et adoravit omnem militiam caeli et coluit eam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - posuit quoque idolum luci quem fecerat in templo Domini super quo locutus est Dominus ad David et ad Salomonem filium eius in templo hoc et in Hierusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israhel ponam nomen meum in sempiternum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - et praecepit rex Helciae pontifici et sacerdotibus secundi ordinis et ianitoribus ut proicerent de templo Domini omnia vasa quae facta fuerant Baal et in luco et universae militiae caeli et conbusit ea foris Hierusalem in convalle Cedron et tulit pulverem eorum in Bethel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - et efferri fecit lucum de domo Domini foras Hierusalem in convalle Cedron et conbusit eum ibi et redegit in pulverem et proiecit super sepulchrum vulgi

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - destruxit quoque aediculas effeminatorum quae erant in domo Domini pro quibus mulieres texebant quasi domunculas luci

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - et contrivit statuas et succidit lucos replevitque loca eorum ossibus mortuorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - insuper et altare quod erat in Bethel excelsum quod fecerat Hieroboam filius Nabath qui peccare fecit Israhel et altare illud et excelsum destruxit atque conbusit et comminuit in pulverem succenditque etiam lucum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - et confregit statuas lucosque succidit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - sed et Maacham matrem Asa regis ex augusto deposuit imperio eo quod fecisset in luco simulacrum Priapi quod omne contrivit et in frusta comminuens conbusit in torrente Cedron

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - cumque sumpsisset cor eius audaciam propter vias Domini etiam excelsa et lucos de Iuda abstulit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - sed bona opera inventa sunt in te eo quod abstuleris lucos de terra Iuda et praeparaveris cor tuum ut requireres Dominum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18 - et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus et facta est ira contra Iudam et Hierusalem propter hoc peccatum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - cumque haec fuissent rite celebrata egressus est omnis Israhel qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Iuda et fregerunt simulacra succideruntque lucos demoliti sunt excelsa et altaria destruxerunt non solum de universo Iuda et Beniamin sed de Ephraim quoque et Manasse donec penitus everterent reversique sunt omnes filii Israhel in possessiones et civitates suas

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - et conversus instauravit excelsa quae demolitus fuerat Ezechias pater eius construxitque aras Baalim et fecit lucos et adoravit omnem militiam caeli et coluit eam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - oratio quoque eius et exauditio et cuncta peccata atque contemptus loca etiam in quibus aedificavit excelsa et fecit lucos et statuas antequam ageret paenitentiam scripta sunt in sermonibus Ozai

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - octavo autem anno regni sui cum adhuc esset puer coepit quaerere Deum patris sui David et duodecimo anno postquam coeperat mundavit Iudam et Hierusalem ab excelsis et lucis simulacrisque et sculptilibus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - destruxeruntque coram eo aras Baalim et simulacra quae superposita fuerant demoliti sunt lucos etiam et sculptilia succidit atque comminuit et super tumulos eorum qui eis immolare consueverant fragmenta dispersit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - cumque altaria dissipasset et lucos et sculptilia contrivisset in frusta cunctaque delubra demolitus esset de universa terra Israhel reversus est Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 - et non inclinabitur ad altaria quae fecerunt manus eius et quae operati sunt digiti eius non respiciet lucos et delubra

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - idcirco super hoc dimittetur iniquitas domui Iacob et iste omnis fructus ut auferatur peccatum eius cum posuerit omnes lapides altaris sicut lapides cineris adlisos non stabunt luci et delubra

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum et lucorum lignorumque frondentium in montibus excelsis

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:14 - [Vulgate 5:13] et evellam lucos tuos de medio tui et conteram civitates tuas
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