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Moth Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa 50:9; 51:8; Hos 5:12). Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion is thus made...

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Moth Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa 50:9; 51:8; Hos 5:12).

Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to in Scripture.

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