עָשׁ
ʻâsh · awsh
a moth
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6244 (עָשֵׁשׁ);
a moth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: moth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- grass3 · 25%
- the moth2 · 17%
- as a moth2 · 17%
- that is moth1 · 8%
- like a moth1 · 8%
- for the moth1 · 8%
- in the grass1 · 8%
- him with grass1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.