עָשׁʻâsh
moth, (as waster, consumer) (Isaiah 50:9; Hosea 5:12; Isaiah 51:8; Psalms 39:12; Job 13:28)
Pronunciation: awsh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6211
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Job 4:19 how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
- Job 13:28 I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
- Job 27:18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
- Psalms 39:11 When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
- Isaiah 50:9 See, the Sovereign Lord is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!
- Isaiah 51:8 For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing. The worm will eat at them as it eats wool. But my righteousness will last forever. My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).