- Original: רזה - Transliteration: Razah - Phonetic: raw-zaw' - Definition: 1. to be or become or grow lean a. (Qal) to make lean b. (Niphal) to be made lean - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2139 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to emaciate that is make (become) thin (literally or figuratively): - famish wax lean. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • famish, 1 Zephaniah 2:11 • lean, 1 Isaiah 17:4