asherah

See also: Asherah

English

Noun

asherah (plural asherahs or asherim or asherot)

  1. (religion, historical) A wooden pole or tree set up to represent the goddess Asherah.
    • 2020, Tyson L. Putthoff, Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East, page 127:
      H. Saggs maintains that during this time, asherahs were 'regarded by the worshippers as part of the cult of Yahweh, not of a separate deity Baal'.
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