King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6244
Transliteration: ashesh
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shaysh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to waste away
Meaning: to shrink, fail
Word Summary
ashesh: to waste away
Original Word: עָשֵׁשׁTransliteration: ashesh
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shaysh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to waste away
Meaning: to shrink, fail
Strong's Concordance
be consumed A primitive root; probably to shrink, i.e. Fail -- be consumed.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6244. ashesh
[עָשֵׁשׁ] verb waste away (compare Assyrian ašašu, moth; Arabic moth (-worm), eat (of moth; ? denominative); according to DePsalm 6:8 and others עָשֵׁשׁ is denominative from עָשׁ, properly be moth-eaten, but improbable); **according to JacobZMG 1901, 141; ZAW 1902, 107 be dark, compare עשׁשׁא darkness, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular עֵינִי מִכַּעַם עָֽשְׁשָׁה Psalm 6:8 my eye is wasted from grief, = 31:10 (בְּכַעַס; + בִּטְנִי נַפְשִׁי,; 3 plural עָשֵׁ֫שׁוּ עֲצָמַי 31:11.