σής
sḗs · G4597 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Thing
- MothInsects, spiders, and worms12 verses
Meanings
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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
ExamplesMatthew 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20 “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
Luke 12:33 “Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor does a moth destroy.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀφανίζωto destroy 2
- διαφθείρωto destroy utterly 1
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In the other Testament 1 word
- עָשׁ ʻâsh · H6211 · moth
- Direct Hebrew translation equivalent for moth; used in Job 13:28, Hosea 5:12, Isaiah 50:9, 51:8 for the insect that destroys garments, precisely parallel to σής in Matthew 6:19-20 and James 5:2
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Moth4.49
- The noun names the insect whose larvae destroy stored cloth. Jesus instructs, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy” (Matthew 6:19).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σητός, ὁ (Hebrew סָס., Isa 51:8; עָשׁ, Job 4:19; Job 13:28), a moth, the clothes-moth (B.…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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