King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H842 - Groves

Strong's No.:	H842

Hebrew:	אֲשֵׁרָה

Transliteration:	ʼăshêrâh

Phonetic:	ash-ay-raw'

Word Origin:	From H833

Bible Usage:	grove. Compare H6253 .

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Feminine

Strongs Definition:	happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)" 1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images a. the goddess, goddesses b. her images c. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

Bible References: Groves	Ex 34:13 Deut 7:5 Deut 12:3 Judg 3:7 1 King 14:15 1 King 14:23 1 King 18:19 2 King 17:10 2 King 18:4 2 King 23:14 2 Chr 14:3 2 Chr 17:6 2 Chr 19:3 2 Chr 24:18 2 Chr 31:1 2 Chr 33:3 2 Chr 33:19 2 Chr 34:3 2 Chr 34:4 2 Chr 34:7 Isa 17:8 Isa 27:9 Jer 17:2 Mic 5:14

Translation Occurrences:	grove ( 16 ) groves ( 24 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.