King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6245
Transliteration: ashath
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be smooth or shiny
Meaning: to be sleek, glossy, to excogitate
Word Summary
ashath: to be smooth or shiny
Original Word: עָשַׁתTransliteration: ashath
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be smooth or shiny
Meaning: to be sleek, glossy, to excogitate
Strong's Concordance
shine, think A primitive root; probably to be sleek, i.e. Glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind) -- shine, think.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6245. ashath
I. [עָשַׁת] verb smooth or shiny (?), si vera lectio (compare עֶשֶׁת); — only
Qal Perfect3plural עָֽשְׁתוּ שָֽׁמְנוּ Jeremiah 5:28 (figurative) they have grown fat, they are smooth (or shine, from fat); doubtful word, Thes conjecture עָֽשְׁרוּ have grown rich (compare ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5), so Gie (but וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ precedes, 5:27).
II. [עָשַׁת] verb Hithpa`el think (Aramaism: Biblical Aramaic Participleאִתְעַשַּׁת ᵑ7 עֲשִׁית,); —
Hithpa`el Imperfect3masculine singular א ׳יִתְעַשֵּׁת לָנוּ Jonah 1:6 perhaps God will give a thought to us (compare חשׁב Psalm 40:18).