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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָשׁ (ash) — moth. moth
עֲשַׂב (a.sav) — grass. herbage, grass Aramaic of e.sev (עֵ֫שֶׂב "vegetation" H6212)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Swarming Creatures
moth = smallish brown or gray moth that lays eggs in clothing or other cloth; eggs hatch into very small caterpillars, which feed on the fibers; ◄ Tineidae family, probably Tineola biselliella; ≈ symbols of decay, ruin, and slow destruction
JOB 4:19 · JOB 13:28 · JOB 27:18 · PSA 39:12 · ISA 50:9 · ISA 51:8 · HOS 5:12
noun f · עַיִשׁ
Names of Constellations | ≈ חַדְרֵי תֵּמָן · כְּסִיל · כִּימָה
Great Bear, Big Dipper = constellation, often identified with the "Great Bear" or the "Big Dipper" which is part of the "Great Bear"
1 JOB 27:18 MT HOTTP-B NIV ESV | NJPS REB "bird's nest" NRSV "nests" | RSV NJB GNT "spider's web" 2 HOS 5:12 RSV NIV "moth" = [1] | NJPS "rot" = [2] | NJB "ringworm" | NRSV CEV "maggots" | REB "festering sore" | GNT "destruction" 3 JOB 9:9 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV ESV "Bear" CEV "Great Bear" GNT "Dipper" | REB "Aldebaran"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָשׁ moth base
עֲשַׂב n.[m.] herbage, grass base