Word Study · Strong's H6211 · Hebrew
עָשׁ
ash
awsh
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâsh
“a moth”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a moth
Rendered in the KJV as
moth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- עָֽשׁ׃2
- עִשְׂבָּ֤א2
- בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב1
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֥א1
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א1
- כָעָ֣שׁ1
- כָעָ֖שׁ1
- כָּעָ֣שׁ1
- עָ֖שׁ1
- עָ֔שׁ1
How it is rendered · 7
- a moth2
- and the grass2
- like the moth2
- moth2
- the grass2
- [am] like the moth1
- in [the] grass of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular4
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- AC/Ncbsd/Ta · 2
- ANcbsd/Ta · 2
- AR/Ncbsc · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Job3 occurrences
- Job 4:19עָֽשׁ׃ʾashnoun · masculine singularhow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!here: a moth
- Job 13:28עָֽשׁ׃ʾashnoun · masculine singularSo man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.here: a moth
- Job 27:18כָעָ֣שׁkhaashpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.here: like the moth
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 50:9עָ֖שׁʾashnoun · masculine singularSurely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.here: moth
- Isaiah 51:8עָ֔שׁʾashnoun · masculine singularFor the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”here: moth
Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 4:15בַּעֲשַׂ֥בbaasavpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.here: in [the] grass of
- Daniel 4:25וְעִשְׂבָּ֥אveisba'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.here: and the grass
- Daniel 4:32עִשְׂבָּ֤אʾisba'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”here: the grass
- Daniel 4:33וְעִשְׂבָּ֤אveisba'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.here: and the grass
- Daniel 5:21עִשְׂבָּ֤אʾisba'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.here: the grass