KJV dictionary & concordance
A small winged creature known for consuming or corrupting garments and other perishable things.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 4:19
Complete exact-word concordance
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Howe much lesse on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 5.1.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
And hee, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
When thou with rebukes doest correct man for iniquitie, thou makest his beautie to consume away like a moth: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. that which is to be desired in him, to melt away.
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Behold, the LORD God wil helpe me, who is he that shall condemne mee? Loe, they all shall waxe olde as a garment: the moth shall eate them vp.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
For the moth shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shal eate them like wooll: but my righteousnes shalbe for euer; and my saluation from generation to generation.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse.
1611 marginal noteOr, a worme
¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
¶ Lay not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake thorow, and steale.
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, & where theeues doe not breake thorow, nor steale.
1611 marginal noteLuke 12.33. 1.tim.6 19.
Sell 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.
Sell that yee haue, and giue almes: prouide your selues bagges which waxe not old, a treasure in the heauens that faileth not, where no theefe approcheth, neither moth corrupteth.
1611 marginal noteMat. 6.20.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A winged insect, some kinds of which injure garments and other materials.
