Word Study · Strong's H6245 · Hebrew

עָשַׁת

ashath

aw-shath'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâshath

“probably to be sleek, i.e. glossy”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

probably to be sleek, i.e. glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind)

Rendered in the KJV as

shine, think.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת1
עָשְׁת֗וּ1

How it is rendered · 2

he will give thought1
they have become smooth1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqp3cp · 1
HVti3ms · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%
Jonah1 of 2 · 50%

Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 5:28עָשְׁת֗וּʾashetuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.here: they have become smooth

Jonah1 occurrence

Jonah 1:6יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧תyitashetverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”here: he will give thought

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