H842

'asherah

ash-ay-raw'

Proper Name Feminine

or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from H833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:-- grove. Compare H6253.

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images
   1. the goddess, goddesses
   2. her images
   3. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar