ʻâshath — H6245

Definition

verb

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

1. (Qal) to be smooth, be shiny, gleam
2. (Hithpael) to think

Usually translated as

shine, think

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• diasṓzō (G1295)

Occurrences

ʻâshath occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Jonah (1)

• Jeremiah 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine (עָשְׁת֗וּ): yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
• Jonah 1:6 — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think (יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת) upon us, that we perish not.