number - 842
orig_word - אֲשֵׁרָה
word_orig - from (0833)
translit - 'asherah
tdnt - TWOT - 183h
phonetic - ash-ay-raw'
part_of_speech - Proper Name Feminine
st_def - or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from «0833»; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:-- grove. Compare «06253».
IPD_def - Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"
- a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images
- the goddess, goddesses
- her images
- sacred trees or poles set up near an altar
English - letter - a
data - {"def":{"lit":"groves (for idol worship)","short":"Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same","long":["a Babylonian and Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the goddess Astarte (in Babylonian), the supposed consort of Baal",["the goddess, goddesses","her images","sacred trees or poles set up near an altar"]]},"deriv":"or אֲשֵׁירָה; from H0833; happy","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔə̆.ʃeˈrɔː","ipa_mod":"ʔə̆.ʃeˈʁɑː","sbl":"ʾăšērâ","dic":"uh-shay-RAW","dic_mod":"uh-shay-RA"},"see":["H6253"],"comment":"Compare H6253."}
usages - grove