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G4598 σητόβρωτος (sētóbrōtos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

moth-eaten

Strong's Definition

moth-eaten

Derivation: from G4597 (σής) and a derivative of G977 (βιβρώσκω);

KJV Usage: motheaten

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σητόβρωτος, σητόβρωτον (from σής a moth, and βρωτός from βιβρώσκω), moth-eaten: ἱμάτιον, Jas_5:2 (ἱμάτια, Job_13:28; of idol-images, Sibylline oracles in Theophilus ad Autol. 2, 36).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σητόβρωτος sētobrōtos 1x moth-eaten, Jas_5:2

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† σητό -βρωτος , -ον ( < οής , βιβρώσκω ), [in LXX : Job_13:28 ( H398 H6211 ) * ;] moth-eaten: Jas_5:2 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σητόβρωτος [page 573] moth-eaten. Apart from Jas_5:2 the word occurs in the Greek Bible only in Job_13:28 . In secular Greek it has been found as yet only in Orac. Sib. proœm . 64 σητόβρωτα δέδορκε (of wooden idol-images).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

σητόβρωτος σητό-βρωτος, ον, [Etym: σής, βιβρώσκω] "eaten by moths", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σητό-βρωτος, -ον (οής, βιβρώσκω), [in LXX: Job.13:28 (אָכַל עָשׁ) * ;] moth-eaten: Jas.5:2.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

5:2

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