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41a|she|rah — «uh SHEE ruh», noun. 1. a wooden post, pillar, or trunk of a tree used as a symbol of the goddess Asherah near Canaanite and Phoenician altars devoted to the worship of Baal. 2. Asherah, the goddess herself, associated with Baal. ╂[< Hebrew… …
42BAAL WORSHIP — Name and Etymology The word baʿl, common Semitic for owner, master, husband, became the usual designation of the great weather god of the Western Semites. In spite of the fact that the word is used as the theophorous element in personal names,… …
43GROVES, SACRED — The concept of sacred groves arose out of the traditional mistranslation of the Asherah as a sacred grove near the altar. The Asherah is now known to have been a manmade cult object that was placed near the altar. (For a fuller discussion see… …
44IDOLATRY — Greek eidōlon originally meant image or fantasy. By the time of the Septuagint the term was used for images of gods. Idolatry is literally image worship. To grasp the character of image worship in biblical literature one must first realize that… …
45NEHUSHTAN — (Heb. ןָּתְשֻחְנ), the name of the copper serpent which King Hezekiah broke into pieces (II Kings 18:4). The name suggests both its serpentine shape (naḥash) as well as the material (neḥoshet) of which it was made. Since the smashing of the… …
46Grove — (gr[=o]v), n. [AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig. The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees. See {Grave}, v., and cf. {Groove}.] A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if… …
47Elijah — This article is about the prophet in the Hebrew Bible. For other uses, see Elijah (disambiguation). Prophet Elijah Elijah reviving the Son of the Widow of Zarephath by Louis Hersent Prophet, Apostle to Ah …
48Hezekiah — Infobox Monarch name = Hezekiah title = King of Judah reign = coronation = predecessor =Ahaz successor = Manasseh suc type = heir = consort = Hephzibah issue = Manasseh royal house = House of David royal anthem = father = mother = date of birth …
49Henotheism — (Greek Polytonic|εἷς θεός heis theos one god ) is a term coined by Max Müller, to mean devotion to a single god while accepting the existence or possible existence of other deities. [Müller, Max. (1878) Lectures on the Origin and Growth of… …
50Judaism — This article is about the Jewish religion. For consideration of ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity, see Jews. Judaica (clockwise from top): Shabbat candl …
