Strong's G4598: σητόβρωτος (sētóbrōtos) Meaning

Quick Definition

σητόβρωτος, ον Adj moth-eaten

Strong's Definition

moth-eaten

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

KJV Usage: motheaten

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σητόβρωτος (G4598)

adjc. | -ον | σής + βιβρώσκω

20.20 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound

moth-eaten, ruined by moths pertaining to that which has been damaged by the larvae of moths This expression in JAS 5:2 may often be rendered as ‘your garments have been eaten by worms’ or ‘your garments are full of holes.’

JAS 5:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σητό-βρωτος, -ov, (fr. ons a moth, and βρωτός fr. βιβρώσκω), moth-eaten: ἱμάτιον, Jas. v. 2 (ἱμάτια, Job xiii. 28; of idol-images, Sibyll. orac. in Theoph. ad Autol. 2, 36).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σητόβρωτος sētobrōtos 1x

moth-eaten, Jas. 5:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† σητό-βρωτος, -ον

(< σής, βιβρώσκω), [in LXX: Jb 13:28 (אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ) * ;]

moth-eaten: Ja 5:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σητόβρωτος. ‘“moth-eaten.” Apart from Jas 5 the word occurs in the Greek Bible only in Job 1378. In secular Greek it has been found as yet only in Orac. Std. prowm. 64 σητόβρωτα δέδορκε (of wooden idol-images).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σητόβρωτος (sētobrōtos) — moth-eaten. σητό-βρωτος, ον, eaten by moths, [LXX+NT]

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

G4598 σητόβρωτος (sētóbrōtos)