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Lexicon :: Strong's H842 - 'ăšērâ

Aa
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 12:3 - And ye shall overthrow H5422 their altars, H4196 and break H7665 their pillars, H4676 and H842➔ burn H8313 their groves ➔ H842 with fire; H784 and H6456➔ ye shall hew down H1438 the graven images ➔H6456 of their gods, H430 and destroy H6 the names of them H8034 out of H4480 that H1931 place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:21 - Thou shalt H5193➔ not H3808 plant ➔H5193 thee a grove H842 of any H3605 trees H6086 near unto H681 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 which H834 thou shalt make H6213 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - And it came to pass H1961 the same H1931 night, H3915 that H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto him, Take H3947 thy father's H1 young H6499 bullock, H7794 even H6499➔ the second H8145 bullock ➔H6499 of seven H7651 years old, H8141 and throw down H2040 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 that H834 thy father hath, H1 and H853 cut down H3772 the grove H842 that H834 is by it: H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - And build H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 upon H5921 the H4581➔ top H7218 of ➔H4581➔ this H2088 rock, ➔H4581 in the ordered place, H4634 and take H3947 the H6499➔ second H8145 bullock, ➔H6499 and offer H5927 a burnt sacrifice H5930 with the wood H6086 of the grove H842 which H834 thou shalt cut down. H3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then H559➔ the men H376 of the city H5892 said ➔H559 unto H413 Joash, H3101 Bring out H3318 thy son, H1121 that he may die: H4191 because H3588 he hath cast down H5422 the altar H4196 of Baal, H1168 and because H3588 he hath cut down H3772 the grove H842 that H834 was by it. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - For H5221➔ the LORD H3068 shall smite ➔H5221 Israel, H3478 as H834 a reed H7070 is shaken H5110 in the water, H4325 and he shall root up H5428 Israel H3478 out of H5921 this H2063 good H2896 land, H127 which H834 he gave H5414 to their fathers, H1 and shall scatter them H2219 beyond H5676 the river, H5104 because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 their groves, H842 provoking H3707➔ the LORD H3068 to anger. ➔H3707

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For H1129➔ they H1992 also H1571 built ➔H1129 them high places, H1116 and images, H4676 and groves, H842 on H5921 every H3605 high H1364 hill, H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree. H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - And also H1571 Maachah H4601 his mother, H517 even her he removed H5493 from being queen, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 an idol H4656 in a grove; H842 and H3772➔ Asa H609 destroyed ➔H3772 her idol, H4656 and burnt H8313 it by the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - And H6213➔ Ahab H256 made ➔H6213 a grove; H842 and H3254➔ Ahab H256 did H6213 more ➔H3254 to provoke H3707➔ the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger ➔H3707 than all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 that H834 were H1961 before him. H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - Now therefore H6258 send, H7971 and gather H6908 to me H413 all H3605 Israel H3478 unto H413 mount H2022 Carmel, H3760 and H853 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 H7979➔ Jezebel's H348 table. ➔H7979

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless H389 they departed H5493 not H3808 from the sins H2403 of the house H1004 of Jeroboam, H3379 who H834 made H2398➔ Israel H3478 sin, ➔H2398 but walked H1980 therein: and H1571➔ there remained H5975 the grove H842 also ➔H1571 in Samaria.) H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - And they set H5324➔ them up ➔H5324 images H4676 and groves H842 in H5921 every H3605 high H1364 hill, H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree: H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left H5800 all H3605 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 H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He H1931 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 H834 Moses H4872 had made: H6213 for H3588 unto H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H1961 burn incense H6999 to it: and he called H7121 it Nehushtan. H5180

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For H7725➔ he built up H1129 again ➔H7725 the high places H1116 which H834 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 H834 did H6213 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel; H3478 and worshipped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 them. H853

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - And he set H7760 a graven image H6459 of the grove H842 that H834 he had made H6213 in the house, H1004 of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 David, H1732 and to H413 Solomon H8010 his son, H1121 In H1004➔ this H2088 house, ➔H1004 and in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 out of all H3605 tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 will I put H7760 my name H8034 for ever: H5769

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And H6680➔ the king H4428 commanded ➔H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the H3548➔ high H1419 priest, ➔H3548 and H853 the priests H3548 of the second order, H4932 and H853 the keepers H8104 of the door, H5592 to bring forth H3318 out of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal, H1168 and for the grove, H842 and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven: H8064 and he burned them H8313 without H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of Kidron, H6939 and carried H5375 the ashes of them H6083 unto Bethel. H1008

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out H3318 the grove H842 from the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 without H2351 Jerusalem, H3389 unto H413 the brook H5158 Kidron, H6939 and burned H8313 it H853 at the brook H5158 Kidron, H6939 and stamped it small H1854 to powder, H6083 and cast H7993 the powder thereof H6083 upon H5921 the graves H6913 of the children H1121 of the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - And he brake down H5422 the houses H1004 of the sodomites, H6945 that H834 were by the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 where H834 the women H802 wove H707 hangings H1004 for the grove. H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - Moreover H1571 the altar H4196 that H834 was at Bethel, H1008 H1008 and the high place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 who H834 made H2398➔ Israel H3478 to sin, ➔H2398 had made, H6213 both H1571 that H1931 altar H4196 and H853 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - And also H1571 concerning Maachah H4601 the mother H517 of Asa H609 the king, H4428 he removed her H5493 from being queen, H1377 because H834 she had made H6213 an idol H4656 in a grove: H842 and H3772➔ Asa H609 cut down ➔H3772 her idol, H4656 and stamped H1854 it, and burnt H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - And H1361➔ his heart H3820 was lifted up ➔H1361 in the ways H1870 of the LORD: H3068 moreover H5750 he took away H5493 the high places H1116 and H853 groves H842 out of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless H61 there are H4672➔ good H2896 things H1697 found ➔H4672 in thee, H5973 in that H3588 thou hast taken away H1197 the groves H842 out H4480 of the land, H776 and hast prepared H3559 thine heart H3824 to seek H1875 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 H853 idols: H6091 and H1961➔ wrath H7110 came ➔H1961 upon H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 for H819➔ this H2063 their trespass. ➔H819

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when H3615➔ all H3605 this H2063 was finished, ➔H3615 all H3605 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 H853 the altars H4196 out of all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 in Ephraim also H669 and Manasseh, H4519 until H5704 they had utterly destroyed them all. H3615 Then H7725➔ all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 returned, ➔H7725 every man H376 to his possession, H272 into their own cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also, H8605 and how God was intreated H6279 of him, and all H3605 his sin, H2403 and his trespass, H4604 and the places H4725 wherein he built H834 H1129 high places, H1116 and set up H5975 groves H842 and graven images, H6456 before H6440 he was humbled: H3665 behold, they H2005 are written H3789 among H5921 the sayings H1697 of the seers. H2335

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - And they brake down H5422 the H1168➔ altars H4196 of Baalim ➔H1168 in his presence; H6440 and the images, H2553 that H834 were on high H4605 above them, H5921 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 H5921 H6440 the graves H6913 of them that had sacrificed H2076 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - And when he had broken down H5422 the altars H4196 and H853 the groves, H842 and H6456➔ had beaten H3807 the graven images ➔H6456 into powder, H1854 and H3605➔ cut down H1438 all ➔H3605 the idols H2553 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Israel, H3478 he returned H7725 to Jerusalem. H3389

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