Strong's H6244: עָשֵׁשׁ (ʻâshêsh) Meaning

Quick Definition

to waste

Strong's Definition

probably to shrink, i.e. fail

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: be consumed.

TWOT Reference: 1715

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to waste away, fail

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5015

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָשֵׁשׁ (a.shesh) — to waste. (Qal) to waste away, fail

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עשׁשׁ (H6244)

verb

Weak | verb qal

to become weak, to waste away = process by which part of the human body loses strength and therefore becomes unable to function well ◄ as a result of grief

PSA 6:8 · PSA 31:10 · PSA 31:11

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָשֵׁשׁ] waste away base

Bible Occurrences (3)

6:7 31:9 31:10

H6244 עָשֵׁשׁ (ʻâshêsh) aw-shaysh'