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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 5685. עָבַשׁ (abash) -- To be ashamed, to dry up, to wither</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/5685.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/joel/1-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/5685.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 5685</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/5684.htm" title="5684">◄</a> 5685. abash <a href="../hebrew/5686.htm" title="5686">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">abash: To be ashamed, to dry up, to wither</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">עָבַשׁ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>`abash<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-bash'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(aw-bash')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To be ashamed, to dry up, to wither<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to dry up<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a root word meaning "to be dry" or "to be ashamed."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar concepts is "αἰσχύνομαι" (aischynomai), which also means to be ashamed or disgraced.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "abash" primarily conveys a sense of being ashamed or confounded. It can also imply a state of drying up or withering, often used metaphorically to describe a loss of vitality or strength. In the context of shame, it reflects a deep sense of personal or communal disgrace, often in relation to failing to meet God's standards or expectations.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, shame was a powerful social and spiritual concept. It was not merely an internal feeling but had significant communal implications. Being ashamed could affect one's standing within the community and one's relationship with God. The idea of withering or drying up is also significant in a desert culture, where water is life, and to dry up is to lose life and vitality.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to shrivel<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>shrivel (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">עָבַשׁ</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>shrivel</b></font> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb072102.gif"> <em>contract</em> (especially face), <em>frown</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">עָֽבְשׁוּ פְרֻדוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17</a> <em>the grains have shrivelled</em> (compare Dr Now). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be rotten <p>A primitive root; to dry up -- be rotten. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>עָבְשׁ֣וּ עבשו ‘ā·ḇə·šū ‘āḇəšū aveShu<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/joel/1-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joel 1:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> עָבְשׁ֣וּ </b> פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The seeds <span class="itali">shrivel</span> under their clods;<br><a href="/kjvs/joel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> The seed <span class="itali">is rotten</span> under their clods,<br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">shrivel</span> the seeds under<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5685.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5685.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5685<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/aveshu_5685.htm">‘ā·ḇə·šū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/5684.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5684"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5684" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/5686.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5686"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5686" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>