Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H803 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֲשׁוּיָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine passive participle from an unused root meaning to found |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 151 |
| Transliteration: | ashuwyah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ash-oo-yah' |
| Meaning: | 1. foundation |
| KJV Renderings: | foundation. |
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[אָשְׁיָה] noun feminine (support) buttress (Arabic [untranscribed source text 434] column, support, AW NöM 113, ᵑ7 אוּשָּׁא, plural אוּשָּׁיָיתָא, אוּשְּׁוָותָא) only plural suffix buttresses of city of Babylon Jer 50:15 אשׁויתיה Kt , אָשְׁיוֺתֶיהָ Qr (|| חוֺמוֺתֶיהָ).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
