grove /ˈgrov/
 小樹林


 Grove n.  A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
 Note: ☞ The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended.

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 grove
      n 1: a small growth of trees without underbrush
      2: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without
         undergrowth [syn: woodlet, orchard, plantation]


 Grove
    (1.) Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar
    representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably
    usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised
    Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is introduced as a proper
    noun, the name of the wooden symbol of a goddess, with the
    plurals Asherim (Ex. 34:13) and Asheroth (Judg. 3:13).

      The LXX. have rendered _asherah_ in 2 Chr. 15:16 by "Astarte."
    The Vulgate has done this also in Judg. 3:7.

      (2.) Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33). In 1 Sam. 22:6 and 31:13 the
    Authorized Version renders this word by "tree." In all these
    passages the Revised Version renders by "tamarisk tree." It has
    been identified with the Tamariscus orientalis, five species of
    which are found in Palestine.

      (3.) The Heb. word 'elon, uniformly rendered in the Authorized
    Version by "plain," properly signifies a grove or plantation. In
    the Revised Version it is rendered, pl., "oaks" (Gen. 13:18;
    14:13; 18:1; 12:6; Deut. 11:30; Josh. 19:33). In the earliest
    times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship.
    The heathen consecrated groves to particular gods, and for this
    reason they were forbidden to the Jews (Jer. 17:3; Ezek. 20:28).