Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5685: עָבַשׁ

ʻâbash · pronounced aw-bash' · “to shrivel”

Definition

to dry up

KJV translates it as: be rotten.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

(Qal) to shrivel, waste away

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5685 is translated

  • they have shriveled ×1

Bible verses with H5685 (ʻâbash)

ʻâbash appears in 1 verse.

  • Joel 1:17

    The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.