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Strong H62452 sensesעָשַׁת

to gleam · to think

Transliteration
‛âshath
Pronunciation
aw-shath'

The 2 senses of Strong H6245

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6245 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to gleamH6245A(Qal) to be smooth, be shiny, gleam1 verse · Jeremiah
  2. to thinkH6245B(Hithpael) to think1 verse · Jonah

General definition

A primitive root; probably to be {sleek} that {is} glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind): - {shine} think.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shine1
  • think1

First verses

  1. Jeremiah 5:28
    They are waxen fat, they shine: 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.
  2. 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 upon us, that we perish not.