σής sēs · G4597

moth

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

σής, ὁ, ; genitive σεός (as if from σεύς, which is given as nominative by []; genitive σέων [] —the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc., were later, as in [] [same place], etc.:—moth, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει []; 2 metaphorically, σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, []

Where it's used 3 times

Matthew 6:19 · Matthew 6:20 · Luke 12:33

Source: TBESG G4597; TFLSJ G4597

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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