The meaning of “מֹץ”
Understanding môts reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or מוֹץ môwts (motes); (Zephaniah 2:2), from מוּץ chaff. - chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loo...
מֹץ
or מוֹץ môwts (motes); (Zephaniah 2:2), from מוּץ chaff. - chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose) 1) chaff 1a) always as driven by wind
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 21:18 | “They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.” Word: מֹץ (môts) | |
| Psalms 35:5 | “Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.” Word: מֹץ (môts) | |
| Isaiah 29:5 | “Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.” Word: מֹץ (môts) | |
| Hosea 13:3 | “Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.” Word: מֹץ (môts) | |
| Zephaniah 2:2 | “Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.” Word: מֹץ (môts) |
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