9 occurrences

'Moth' in the Bible

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

[When] with rebukes you chastise a man for sin, you {consume} like a moth his delightful [things]. Surely everyone [is] a [mere] vapor. Selah

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them.

Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For a moth will eat them like garments; a moth will devour them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for {generation after generation}."

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

Verse ConceptsInsectsAffluenceSpiritual InvestmentRiches, SpiritualStoringTreasureSpiritual TreasuresMothsStoring Treasure On EarthBelonging To HeavenTreasure In Heaven

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
περισσοτέρως 
Perissoteros 
Usage: 13

Μαρία Μαριάμ 
Maria 
Mary the mother of Jesus , Mary Magdalene , Mary the sister of Martha , Mary the mother of James , Mary the mother of John Mark , Mary of Rome
Usage: 52

πρωΐ́ 
Proi 
in the morning , early in the morning , early , morning
Usage: 7

αὔριον 
Aurion 
Usage: 8

ἐπαύριον 
Epaurion 
Usage: 17

ἔτι 
Eti 
Usage: 75

κράτιστος 
Kratistos 
Usage: 4

μᾶλλον 
Mallon 
more , rather , the more , better ,
Usage: 66

οὐκέτι 
Ouketi 
no more , any more , now not ,
Usage: 31

πενθερά 
Penthera 
Usage: 3

περισσότερον 
Perissoteron 
Usage: 4

πλείων πλεῖον πλέον 
Pleion 
more , many , greater , further Trans , most , more part , not tr ,
Usage: 40

προστίθημι 
Prostithemi 
Usage: 11

ὑπέρ 
Huper 
Usage: 138

ὑπερβολή 
Huperbole 
Usage: 8