Word Study · Strong's H842 · Hebrew
אֲשֵׁרָה
asherah
ash-ay-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼăshêrâh
“Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
Rendered in the KJV as
grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).
- 40occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 36inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 40 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 36
- הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה2
- הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה2
- הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים2
- וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים2
- אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה1
- אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ1
- אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה1
- אֲשֵׁרָה֙1
- אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃1
- אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת1
- אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם1
- אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- the Asherah poles9
- the Asherah pole7
- an Asherah pole3
- and Asherah poles their3
- and the Asherah poles3
- and Asherah poles2
- Asherah poles2
- the Asherah2
- [the] Asherah pole1
- and for the Asherah1
- and the Asherah pole1
- Asherah poles its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular9
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural7
- noun · feminine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ntfsa · 9
- HTd/Ntmpa · 7
- HNtfsa · 4
- HC/Ntmpc/Sp3mp · 3
- HC/Td/Ntmpa · 3
- HC/Ntmpa · 2
- HRd/Ntfsa · 2
- HTd/Ntfpa · 2
- HC/Rd/Ntfsa · 1
- HC/Td/Ntfsa · 1
- HNtfpa · 1
- HNtmpa · 1
All 40, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings11 of 40 · 28%
- 2 Chronicles11 of 40 · 28%
- Judges5 of 40 · 13%
- 1 Kings5 of 40 · 13%
- Deuteronomy3 of 40 · 8%
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 7:5וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙vaasheirehemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralInstead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.here: and Asherah poles their
- Deuteronomy 12:3וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙vaashereihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.here: and Asherah poles their
- Deuteronomy 16:21אֲשֵׁרָ֖הʾasherahnoun · feminine singularDo not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,here: an Asherah pole
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 3:7הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת׃haasherotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralSo the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.here: the Asherah poles
- Judges 6:25הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.here: the Asherah pole
- Judges 6:26הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”here: the Asherah pole
- Judges 6:28וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הvehaasherahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.here: and the Asherah pole
- Judges 6:30הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”here: the Asherah pole
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 14:15אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔םʾashereihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.here: Asherah poles their
- 1 Kings 14:23וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםvaasherimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThey also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.here: and Asherah poles
- 1 Kings 15:13לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הlaasherahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularHe also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.here: to the Asherah pole
- 1 Kings 16:33הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.here: the Asherah pole
- 1 Kings 18:19הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙haasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”here: the Asherah
2 Kings11 occurrences
- 2 Kings 13:6הָאֲשֵׁרָ֔הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.here: the Asherah pole
- 2 Kings 17:10וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםvaasherimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThey set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.here: and Asherah poles
- 2 Kings 17:16אֲשֵׁירָ֗הʾasheirahnoun · feminine singularThey abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.here: an Asherah pole
- 2 Kings 18:4הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHe removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.here: the Asherah pole
- 2 Kings 21:3אֲשֵׁרָה֙ʾasherahnoun · feminine singularFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.here: an Asherah pole
- 2 Kings 21:7הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularManasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.here: the Asherah
- 2 Kings 23:4וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔הvelaasherahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThen the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.here: and for the Asherah
- 2 Kings 23:6הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩haasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularHe brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.here: the Asherah pole
- 2 Kings 23:7לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃laasherahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularHe also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.here: for the Asherah
- 2 Kings 23:14הָאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHe smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Kings 23:15אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ʾasherahnoun · feminine singularHe even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.here: [the] Asherah pole
2 Chronicles11 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 14:3הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃haasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHe removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 15:16לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖הlaasherahpreposition + noun · feminine singularKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.here: to an Asherah pole
- 2 Chronicles 17:6הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 19:3הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙haasherotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralHowever, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 24:18הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThey abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 31:1הָאֲשֵׁרִ֡יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralWhen all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 33:3אֲשֵׁר֔וֹתʾasherotnoun · feminine pluralFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.here: Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 33:19הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHis prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.here: the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 34:3וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔יםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.here: and the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 34:4וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִיםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.here: and the Asherah poles
- 2 Chronicles 34:7הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralHe tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.here: the Asherah poles
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 17:8וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThey will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.here: and the Asherah poles
- Isaiah 27:9אֲשֵׁרִ֖יםʾasherimnoun · masculine pluralTherefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.here: Asherah poles