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MOTH
Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19;13:28; Isa. 50:9;51:8; Hos. 5:12). Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt. 6:19, Matt. 6: 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.
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