# H842 אֲשֵׁרָה

אֲשֵׁרָה (ʼăshêrâh), Strong’s H842: Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same KJV: grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).. Occurs 40 times.

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

KJV: grove. Compare H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת).

Derived from [אָשַׁר ʼâshar](https://besorah.bible/word/H833) (to be straight)

Occurs 40 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲשֵׁרָה, אֲשֵׁירָה n.pr.f. Ashera

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 34:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=13) — but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
- [Deuteronomy 7:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=5) — But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their…
- [Deuteronomy 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=3) — You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut…
- [Deuteronomy 16:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=21) — You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall…
- [Judges 3:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=7) — The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals…
- [Judges 6:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=25) — That same night, the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down…
- [Judges 6:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=26) — Then build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull…
- [Judges 6:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=28) — When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut…
- [Judges 6:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=30) — Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of…
- [1 Kings 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/14?v=15) — For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land…