Sēs σής

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Sēs
σής
Transliterationsēs
Strong's numberG4597
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossmoth
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Sēs (Greek σής, Strong's G4597) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “moth”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmoth (3)
BSBmoth (3)

Verses

Every verse with Sēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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