Quick Definition
to shrivel
Strong's Definition
to dry up
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be rotten.
TWOT Reference: 1557
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to shrivel, waste away
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָבַשׁ (a.vash) — to shrivel. (Qal) to shrivel, waste away
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Shape | verb qal
to shrivel up = process by which seed contract or wither into a withered or contorted state ◄ due to lack of moisture
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָבַשׁ] vb. shrivel;—Qal Jo 1:17 ref