Asherah אֲשֵׁרָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 17, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. אֲשֵׁרָה Asherah, Asherah cult pole, fortune, the planet Venus, images of Astarte. It is used 40 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of a wooden pole that was used in the worship of the false deity Asherah. This is how our word is used in our chapter today. Exodus 34:13-16 You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down אֲשֵׁרָ֖יו their Asherim (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), lest you make…