Word: DXY@

Pronounce: ash-ay-raw'

Strong: H842

Orig: or masheyrah \i ash-ay-raw'\i0\plain\f3\fs21\cf23 ; from 833; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:-- grove. Compare 6253. H833 H6253

Use: TWOT-183h Proper Name Feminine

Grk Strong: G1186

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

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