Quick Definition
Ashima
Biblical Persons & Places
Ashima
A male deity in the Old Testament
A male deity in the Old Testament; called Ashima (אֲשִׁימָא)
Strong's Definition
Ashima, a deity of Hamath
Derivation: of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Ashima.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ashima = "guiltiness: I will make desolate"
1) a god of Hamath
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲשִׁימָא (a.shi.ma) — Ashima.
§ Ashima = "guiltiness: I will make desolate" a god of Hamath
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name
Names of Deities | ≈ אשְׁמָה
Ashima, The Name = deity, also known as Ashmah; ► worshiped by people of Hamath who were relocated to Samaria (ABD) by the king of Assyria
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲשִׁימָא n.pr.[m.] a god of Hamath 2 K 17:30, otherwise wholly unknown. done
