What does "Moth" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Moth?

MOTH. By this word is meant the clothes-moth, which, in its caterpillar state, is very destructive to woven fabrics. The eggs of this miller, being deposited on fur or cloth, produce a small, soft worm which immediately forms a house for itself by cutting from the cloth, which it thus weakens and destroys. In Job 4:19 man is said to be "crushed before the moth" that is, more easily than the moth. There are also references to the destructiveness of this insect in Job 13:28; Ps 39:11; Isa 50:9; Isa 51:6, Jer 51:8; Hos 5:12; Matt 6:19-20; Jas 5:2. In Ps 6:7 the word "consumed" properly means "moth-eaten." As much of the treasure of the ancients consisted in costly garments, we may readily understand why the moth was considered so noxious an insect, and this will teach us the true import of our Saviour's words. Matt 6:19-20. It was common in Asia to lay up stores of precious garments, which descended as an inheritance to children, for their modes of dress never changed; but the moth was a formidable enemy to such treasures, so as to render it useless to take much pains to lay them up.

What is the Hebrew word for Moth?

Where does Moth appear in the Bible?

Moth is referenced in 8 verses across 6 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• Hosea 5:12
• Isaiah 51:8
• Job 4:19
• Job 27:18
• Luke 12:33
• Matthew 6:19
• Matthew 6:20
• Psalms 39:11

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Moth.