- Original: עשׁשׁ - Transliteration: `ashesh - Phonetic: aw-shaysh' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to waste away, fail - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1715 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; probably to shrink that is fail: - be consumed. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • consumed, 3 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 31:9; Psalm 31:10