ASHIMA ə shī’ mə (אֲשִׁימָֽא). A deity worshiped by the men of Hamath who had settled in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30). Nothing further is known of him. It has been suggested that the name is a corruption of “Ashera,” the name of the Canaanite mother goddess. Amos 8:14, RSV, has ASHIMAH.