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Hebrew n-f-t · H842

אֲשֵׁרָה

asherahash-ay-raw'

Asherah

40 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼăshêrâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H842is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 36
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

The King James renders it: grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

asherah is rendered "Asherah". It stands 40 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.

The first use

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Exodus 34:13אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eleven of the word's forty uses are in 2 Kings.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the Asherah poles9
  • the Asherah pole7
  • an Asherah pole3
  • and Asherah poles their3
  • and the Asherah poles3
  • and Asherah poles2
  • Asherah poles2
  • the Asherah2
  • and for the Asherah1
  • and the Asherah pole1
  • Asherah pole1
  • Asherah poles its1

and 5 more, 40 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אֲשֵׁדָהashedahslopeUses2

All 40, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

36 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה2
  • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה2
  • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים2
  • וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים2
  • אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה1
  • אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ1
  • אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה1
  • אֲשֵׁרָה֙1
  • אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃1
  • אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת1
  • אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם1
  • אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו1

and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular9HTd/Ntfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural7HTd/Ntmpa
  • noun · feminine singular4HNtfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HC/Ntmpc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3HC/Td/Ntmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ntmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ntfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2HTd/Ntfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HC/Rd/Ntfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ntfsa
  • noun · feminine plural1HNtfpa
  • noun · masculine plural1HNtmpa

Exodus

one use
  • Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

    Exodus 34:13

    • אֲשֵׁרָ֖יוʾasheravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: Asherah poles its

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • Instead, 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.

    Deuteronomy 7:5

    • וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙vaasheirehemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and Asherah poles their
  • Tear 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.

    Deuteronomy 12:3

    • וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙vaashereihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and Asherah poles their
  • Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

    Deuteronomy 16:21

    • אֲשֵׁרָ֖הʾasherahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an Asherah pole

Judges

five uses
  • So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

    Judges 3:7

    • הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת׃haasherotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • On 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.

    Judges 6:25

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • Then 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.”

    Judges 6:26

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • When 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.

    Judges 6:28

    • וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הvehaasherahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the Asherah pole
  • Then 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.”

    Judges 6:30

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole

1 Kings

five uses
  • For 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.

    1 Kings 14:15

    • אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔םʾashereihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: Asherah poles their
  • They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    1 Kings 14:23

    • וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםvaasherimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and Asherah poles
  • He 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.

    1 Kings 15:13

    • לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הlaasherahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the Asherah pole
  • Then 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.

    1 Kings 16:33

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • Now 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.”

    1 Kings 18:19

    • הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙haasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah

2 Kings

eleven uses
  • Nevertheless, 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.

    2 Kings 13:6

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֔הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    2 Kings 17:10

    • וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםvaasherimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and Asherah poles
  • They 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.

    2 Kings 17:16

    • אֲשֵׁירָ֗הʾasheirahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an Asherah pole
  • He 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.

    2 Kings 18:4

    • הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • For 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.

    2 Kings 21:3

    • אֲשֵׁרָה֙ʾasherahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an Asherah pole
  • Manasseh 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.

    2 Kings 21:7

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הhaasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah
  • Then 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.

    2 Kings 23:4

    • וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔הvelaasherahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and for the Asherah
  • He 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.

    2 Kings 23:6

    • הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩haasherahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Asherah pole
  • He 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.

    2 Kings 23:7

    • לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃laasherahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the Asherah
  • He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

    2 Kings 23:14

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • He 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.

    2 Kings 23:15

    • אֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ʾasherahnoun · feminine singulartagged: Asherah pole

2 Chronicles

eleven uses
  • He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

    2 Chronicles 14:3

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִֽים׃haasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • King 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.

    2 Chronicles 15:16

    • לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖הlaasherahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to an Asherah pole
  • And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

    2 Chronicles 17:6

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

    2 Chronicles 19:3

    • הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙haasherotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • They 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.

    2 Chronicles 24:18

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • When 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.

    2 Chronicles 31:1

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֡יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • For 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.

    2 Chronicles 33:3

    • אֲשֵׁר֔וֹתʾasherotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: Asherah poles
  • His 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.

    2 Chronicles 33:19

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles
  • In 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.

    2 Chronicles 34:3

    • וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔יםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the Asherah poles
  • Then 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.

    2 Chronicles 34:4

    • וְ֠הָאֲשֵׁרִיםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the Asherah poles
  • He 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.

    2 Chronicles 34:7

    • הָאֲשֵׁרִ֤יםhaasherimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Asherah poles

Isaiah

two uses
  • They 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.

    Isaiah 17:8

    • וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםvehaasherimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the Asherah poles
  • Therefore 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.

    Isaiah 27:9

    • אֲשֵׁרִ֖יםʾasherimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: Asherah poles

Jeremiah

one use
  • Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

    Jeremiah 17:2

    • וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖םvaashereihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and Asherah poles their

Micah

one use
  • I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.

    Micah 5:14

    • אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָʾasheireikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: Asherah poles your

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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