Hebrew noun · H6211
עָשׁ
ashawsh
moth; grass
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6211is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6211
a moth
The King James renders it: moth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ash is rendered "moth; grass". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "moth".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Job 4:19עָֽשׁ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: moth, and grass.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| mothStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust… |
| grassStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- like the moth3
- a moth2
- and the grass2
- moth2
- the grass2
- in grass of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָֽשׁ׃2
- עִשְׂבָּ֤א2
- בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב1
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֥א1
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א1
- כָעָ֣שׁ1
- כָעָ֖שׁ1
- כָּעָ֣שׁ1
- עָ֖שׁ1
- עָ֔שׁ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2AC/Ncbsd/Ta
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2ANcbsd/Ta
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AR/Ncbsc
Job
three uses
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- עָֽשׁ׃ʾashnoun · masculine singulartagged: a moth
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- עָֽשׁ׃ʾashnoun · masculine singulartagged: a moth
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
- כָעָ֣שׁkhaashpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the moth
Psalms
one use
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- כָּעָ֣שׁkaashpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the moth
Isaiah
two uses
Surely 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.
- עָ֖שׁʾashnoun · masculine singulartagged: moth
For 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.”
- עָ֔שׁʾashnoun · masculine singulartagged: moth
Daniel
five uses
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.
- בַּעֲשַׂ֥בbaasavpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in grass of
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.
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֥אveisba'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and the grass
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.”
- עִשְׂבָּ֤אʾisba'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the grass
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.
- וְעִשְׂבָּ֤אveisba'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and the grass
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.
- עִשְׂבָּ֤אʾisba'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: the grass
Hosea
one use
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
- כָעָ֖שׁkhaashpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the moth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.