# H6244 עָשֵׁשׁ

עָשֵׁשׁ (ʻâshêsh), Strong’s H6244: probably to shrink, i.e. fail KJV: be consumed.. Occurs 3 times.

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*ʻâshêsh* — probably to shrink, i.e. fail

KJV: be consumed.

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָשֵׁשׁ] waste away

## Where it occurs
- [Psalms 6:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/6?v=8) — My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
- [Psalms 31:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/31?v=10) — Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
- [Psalms 31:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/31?v=11) — For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted…