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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Moth

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Moth

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

Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matthew 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.


Naves Topical Index
Moth

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Moth

By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to the destructive habits of the clothes-moth is made in (Job 4:19; 13:28; Psalms 39:11) etc. (The moth is a well-known insect which in its caterpillar state is very destructive to woollen clothing, furs, etc. The egg of the moth, being deposited on the fur or cloth, produces a very small shining insect, which immediately forms a house for itself by cuttings from the cloth. It east away the nap, and finally ruins the fabric. There are more than 1500 species of moths.

McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia.)


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Moth

MOTH, noun

1. An animal of the genus Phalaena, which breeds in yard and garments, and often does injury by eating the substance and destroying the texture. Matthew 6:19.

The name is also applied to the whole genus.

2. Figuratively, that which gradually and silently eats, consumes or wastes any thing. Idle persons are a moth to the community.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Motheat

MOTH'EAT, verb transitive [moth and eat.] To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.


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Motheaten

MOTH'EATEN, adjective Eaten by moths. Job 13:1.


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Mothen

MOTH'EN, adjective Full of moths. [Not in use.]


Naves Topical Index
Mother

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mother

The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is strongly shown in the higher estimation of the mother in the Jewish family, as contrasted with modern Oriental as well as ancient Oriental and classical usage. The king's mother, as appears in the case of Bath-sheba, was treated with special honor. (Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3; 5:16; 21:18,21; 1 Kings 2:29; Proverbs 10:1; 15:20; 17:25; 29:15; 31:1,30)


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mother

MOTHER, noun [Latin mater, mother; matrix, the womb; materia, matter, stuff, materials of which any thing is made. We observe that in some other languages, as well as in English, the same word signifies a female parent, and the thick slime formed in vinegar; and in all the languages of Europe here cited, the orthography is nearly the same as that of mud and matter. The question then occurs whether the name of a female parent originated in a word expressing matter, mold; either the soil of the earth, as the producer, or the like substance, when shaped and fitted as a mold for castings; or whether the name is connected with the opinion that the earth is the mother of all productions; whence the word mother-earth. We are informed by a fragment of Sanchoniathon, that the ancient Phenicians considered mud to be the substance from which all things were formed. See Mud. The word matter is evidently from the Ar. madda, to secrete, eject or discharge a purulent substance; and I think cannot have any direct connection with mud. But in the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, the same word madre signified mother and a mold for castings; and the northern languages, particularly the German and Danish, seem to establish the fact that the proper sense of mother is matrix. Hence mother of pearl, the matrix of pearl. If this word had its origin in the name of the earth used for the forms of castings, it would not be a singular fact; for our word mold, in this sense, I suppose to be so named from mold, fine earth. The question remains sub judice.]

1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child; correlative to son or daughter.

2. That which has produced any thing.

Alas, poor country! it cannot

Be called our mother but our grave.

So our native land is called mother country, and a plant from which a slip or cion is taken, is called the mother plant. In this use, mother may be considered as an adjective.

3. That which has preceded in time; the oldest or chief of any thing; as a mother-church.

4. Hysterical passion. [Not used.]

5. A familiar term of address or appellation of an old woman or matron.

6. An appellation given to a woman who exercises care and tenderness towards another, or gives parental advice; as when one says, ' a woman has been a mother to me.'

7. A thick slimy substance concreted in liquors, particularly in vinegar, very different from scum or common lees.

MOTHER of pearl, noun The matrix of pearl; the shell in which pearls are generated; a species of Mytilus or Mussel.

MOTHER of thyme, noun A plant of the genus Thymus.

MOTHER, adjective Native; natural; received by birth; as mother-wit.

1. Native; vernacular; received from parents or ancestors; as mother-tongue.

MOTHER, verb intransitive To concrete, as the thick matter of liquors.

MOTHER, verb transitive To adopt as a son or daughter.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Motherhood

MOTHERHOOD, noun The state of being a mother.


Naves Topical Index
Mother-in-Law

General references
Matthew 10:35

Not to be defiled
Leviticus 18:17; Leviticus 20:14; Deuteronomy 27:23

Beloved by Ruth
Ruth 1:14-17

Peter's, healed by Jesus
Mark 1:30-31


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mother-in-law

MOTHER-IN-LAW, noun The mother of a husband or wife.


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Motherless

MOTHERLESS, adjective Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as motherless children.


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Motherly

MOTHERLY, adjective Pertaining to a mother; as motherly power or authority.

1. Becoming a mother; tender; parental; as motherly love or care.

MOTHERLY, adverb In the manner of a mother.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mother-water

MOTHER-WATER, noun A fluid remaining after the evaporation of salt water, and containing deliquescent salts and impurities.


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Mother-wit

MOTHER-WIT, noun Native wit; common sense.


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Mother-wort

MOTHER-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Leonurus.


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Mothery

MOTHERY, adjective Concreted; resembling or partaking of the nature of mother; as the mothery substance in liquors.


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Mothmullen

MOTH'MULLEN, noun A plant.


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Mothwort

MOTH'WORT, noun A plant.


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Mothy

MOTH'Y, adjective [from moth.] Full of moths; as an old mothy saddle.