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MOTH

The Palestinian clothes moth, Tineola biselliella of the order Lepidoptera, whose larvae feed on wool and fur. The moth (Heb. ʿāš; Gk. sḗs) is pictured as frail, but the human being, considered hyperbolically, is even more frail (Job 4:19). Similarly, a moth-eaten garment also illustrates the frailty of human existence (Job 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8). God is pictured as a consuming moth, e.g., the moth’s larva (Ps. 39:11[MT 12]; Hos. 5:12). The destruction of garments by moths is an indication of the temporariness of earthly possessions (Matt. 6:19-20; Luke 12:33; Jas. 5:2). At Job 27:18 LXX and Syr. read “spider” (so RSV, JB; cf. 8:14), probably correctly, in place of MT “moth.”






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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