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Lexicon :: Strong's H6211 - ʿāš

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עָשׁ
Transliteration
ʿāš
Pronunciation
awsh
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1715a,1617,29

Strong’s Definitions

עָשׁ ʻâsh, awsh; from H6244; a moth:—moth. See also H5906.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H6211 in the following manner: moth (7x), grass (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H6211 in the following manner: moth (7x), grass (5x).

  1. moth

  2. herbage, grass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשׁ ʻâsh, awsh; from H6244; a moth:—moth. See also H5906.
STRONGS H6211: Abbreviations
† II. עָשׁ noun masculineIsaiah 50:9 moth (as waster, consumer); — ע׳ absolute, Hosea 5:12 (|| רָקָכ), Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:8; in simile Psalm 39:12; כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ Job 13:28; symbol of fragility Job 4:19. — Job 27:10 read probably H5908 עַכָּבִישׁ which see.

Biblical Aramaic

עֲשַׂב noun [masculine] herbage, grass (see Biblical Hebrew H6212 עשׂב); — emphatic עִשְׂבָּא, as fodder: Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:29 [Daniel 4:32]; Daniel 4:30 [Daniel 4:33]; Daniel 5:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

4:19; 13:28; 27:10

Psalms

39:12

Isaiah

50:9; 50:9; 51:8

Daniel

4:25; 4:32; 4:33; 5:21

Hosea

5:12

H6211

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6211 matches the Hebrew עָשׁ (ʿāš),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 - I waste away like rotting wood,
like a moth-eaten coat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,[fn]
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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.
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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - “That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12 - I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool.
I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.
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