Strong G4597σής
moth
- Transliteration
- sēs
- Pronunciation
- sace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently of Hebrew origin [H5580]; a moth: - moth.
Detailed definition
σής σητός (late genitive for cl. σεός), ὁ,
[in LXX: Job.4:19, Isa.50:9 (עָשׁ), Isa.51:8 (סָס), al.;]
a moth, clothes moth: Mat.6:19-20, Luk.12:33.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.4:19, Isa.50:9 (עָשׁ), Isa.51:8 (סָס), al.;]
a moth, clothes moth: Mat.6:19-20, Luk.12:33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4597 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- moth3
First verses
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σής, ὁ,
genitive σεός (as if from σεύς, which is given as nominative by [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1p.406H.); _plural_, _nominative_ σέες Moer. p.339 P.)]; genitive σέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 94, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 730, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.461 (not σεῶν, see 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus [same place]); _accusative_ σέας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 1:)] —the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc., were later, as in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 540.5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 557b3, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.361 (and variant in 2.461), compare 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus)] [same place], etc.:—moth, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 222, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place], 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.54, NT.Matt.6.19, NT.Luke.12.33; attacking books, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista [prev. cited])]
2 metaphorically, σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
genitive σεός (as if from σεύς, which is given as nominative by [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1p.406H.); _plural_, _nominative_ σέες Moer. p.339 P.)]; genitive σέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 94, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 730, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.461 (not σεῶν, see 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus [same place]); _accusative_ σέας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 1:)] —the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc., were later, as in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 540.5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 557b3, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.361 (and variant in 2.461), compare 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus)] [same place], etc.:—moth, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 222, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place], 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.54, NT.Matt.6.19, NT.Luke.12.33; attacking books, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista [prev. cited])]
2 metaphorically, σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]