- Original: עשׁת - Transliteration: `ashath - Phonetic: aw-shath' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to be smooth, be shiny, gleam 2. (Hithpael) to think - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1716,1717 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • shine, 1 Jeremiah 5:28 • think, 1 Jonah 1:6