Moth
σήςStrong’s G4597sēs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sēs is the Greek word usually translated “moth”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:”
Meaning
Usually translated “moth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- moth 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Greek dictionary
σής sēs · moth
σής σητός (late genitive for cl. σεός), ὁ, [in LXX: Job.4:19, Isa.50:9 (עָשׁ), Isa.51:8 (סָס), al. ;] a moth, clothes moth: Mat.6:19-20, Luk.12:33.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “moth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOTH, noun
- An animal of the genus Phalaena, which breeds in yard and garments, and often does injury by eating the substance and destroying the texture. Matthew 6:19
- Figuratively, that which gradually and silently eats, consumes or wastes any thing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.