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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.
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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 more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:28 - So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - Look, the sovereign LORD helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:8 - For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.

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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 with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12 - I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
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