H6211 - עָשׁ (ʻâsh)

H6211 עָשׁ (ʻâsh) awsh

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a moth

Derivation: from H6244 (עָשֵׁשׁ);

KJV Usage: moth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).

TWOT Reference: 1715a,1617,2931

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) moth

2) herbage, grass

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4597

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲשַׂב / עָשׁ ‛âsh / ‛ăsab BDB Definition: 1) moth 2) herbage, grass Part of Speech: noun feminine or masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6244 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1715a, 1617, 2931 Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (7)

4:19 13:28 27:18

39:11

50:9 51:8

5:12

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed... like a moth!

Job 13:28

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten... garment.

Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Isaiah 50:9

Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever..., My salvation through all generations....

Hosea 5:12

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.