8 occurrences

'Moth' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

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

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.

Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

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."

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

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

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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

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