עָשֵׁשׁ (ʿāšēš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning waste away. It appears
3 times
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6244).
Also rendered
to waste
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1715)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1715)waste away; shrink, fail; be consumed
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָשֵׁשׁ: waste away
Strong's H6244עָשֵׁשׁ: probably to shrink, i.e. fail KJV:be consumed.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.