Asherah
an ancient semitic goddess, sometimes identified with ashtoreth and astarte, worshiped by the phoenicians and canaanites.
any of various upright wooden objects serving as a sacred symbol of asherah.
n.
1863, wooden pillar used as symbol of canaanite goddess ashera, of unknown origin.
and pl. asherim in revised version, instead of “grove” and “groves” of the authorized version. this was the name of a sensual canaanitish goddess astarte, the feminine of the -ssyrian ishtar. its symbol was the stem of a tree deprived of its boughs, and rudely shaped into an image, and planted in the ground. such religious symbols (“groves”) are frequently alluded to in scripture (ex. 34:13; judg. 6:25; 2 kings 23:6; 1 kings 16:33, etc.). these images were also sometimes made of silver or of carved stone (2 kings 21:7; “the graven image of asherah,” r.v.). (see grove øt0001556 [1].).
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