H842

אשרה

אשרה
ahsharah

Proper feminine noun · From אשר (H833)

Or אשירה ʼăshêyrâh; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:—grove. Compare H6253.

Outline

  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

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