Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H6244
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- `ashesh
- Pronunciation
- aw-shaysh'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H6244
- Brief meaning
- Probably to shrink, i.e. fail
- Source renderings
- be consumed
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Probably to shrink, i.e. fail. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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06244\ 6244 `ashesh aw-shaysh' a primitive root; probably to shrink, i.e. fail:--be consumed.