Strong’s H6244 · Hebrew
עָשֵׁשׁ
ʻâshêsh · aw-shaysh'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning probably to shrink, i.e. fail
In the King James Version be consumed.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 6:7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
- Psalms 31:10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.