- Original: אשׁוּיה - Transliteration: 'ashuwyah - Phonetic: ash-oo-yah' - Definition: 1. buttress, support - Origin: passive participle from an unused root meaning to found - TWOT entry: 175a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine passive participle from an unused root meaning to found; foundation: - foundation. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • foundations, 1 Jeremiah 50:15