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ASHERAH
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 Assyrian 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 (Exo 34:13; Judg. 6:25; 2-Kings 23:6; 1-Kings 16:33, 1-Kings 16: 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 [1].).
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