אֲשֵׁרָה
ʼăshêrâh · ash-ay-raw'
Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֲשֵׁירָה; from H833 (אָשַׁר); happy;
Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess
- also, an image of the same
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲשֵׁרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the groves6 · 15%
- the grove5 · 13%
- their groves4 · 10%
- and the groves4 · 10%
- and groves3 · 8%
- a grove3 · 8%
- groves3 · 8%
- of the grove2 · 5%
- in a grove2 · 5%
- thee a grove1 · 3%
- and the grove1 · 3%
- of the groves1 · 3%
- and for the grove1 · 3%
- for the grove1 · 3%
- either the groves1 · 3%
- and their groves1 · 3%
- thy groves1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.