- Original: אשׁירה אשׁרה - Transliteration: 'asherah - Phonetic: ash-ay-raw' - 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 - Origin: from H833 - TWOT entry: 183h - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Feminine - Strong's: From H833 ; happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician Goddess; also an image of the same: - grove. Compare H6253 . Total KJV Occurrences: 40 • grove, 16 Deuteronomy 16:21; Judges 6:25; Judges 6:26; Judges 6:28; Judges 6:30; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Kings 23:7; 2 Kings 23:15; 2 Chronicles 15:16 • groves, 24 Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:14; 2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 24:18; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Chronicles 34:7; Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 17:2; Micah 5:14