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עָשׁ H6211
H6211 is the Hebrew word עָשׁ, transliterated ʻâsh and said awsh. The King James Version most often renders it moth.
What it means
a moth.
Where it comes from
from H6244 (עָשֵׁשׁ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: moth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).
Verses using עָשׁ
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Job 13:28 · KJV
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 27:18 · KJV
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Psalm 39:11 · KJV
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Isaiah 50:9 · KJV
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Isaiah 51:8 · KJV
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:15 · KJV
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Daniel 4:25 · KJV
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32 · KJV
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:33 · KJV
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
Daniel 5:21 · KJV
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Hosea 5:12 · KJV
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6211 mean?
H6211 is the Hebrew word עָשׁ (ʻâsh), meaning a moth.
How is H6211 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it moth (5 times), grass (5 times), like a moth (1 time).
How many times does H6211 appear in the Bible?
עָשׁ (ʻâsh) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6211 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6244 (עָשֵׁשׁ).
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