Strong's Number 842

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
'asherah {ash-ay-raw'} or 'asheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}
Word Origin:
from 833
TWOT:
183h
Part of Speech:
proper name feminine
Usage in the KJV:
grove 40

Total: 40
Definition:
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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament