Definition
or מוֹץ; (Zephaniah 2:2), from H4160; chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
Traditional renderings: chaff.
Traditional renderings: chaff.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מוֹץ:
- ἄνθοςanthos“flower”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Job 21:18וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ · like chaffAre they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
- Psalm 1:4כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ · like chaffNot so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
- Psalm 35:5כְּמֹ֥ץ · like chaffMay they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
- Isaiah 17:13כְּמֹ֤ץ · like chaffThe nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
- Isaiah 29:5וּכְמֹ֤ץ · chaffBut your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
- Isaiah 41:15כַּמֹּ֥ץ · to chaffBehold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
- Hosea 13:3כְּמֹץ֙ · like chaffTherefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
- Zephaniah 2:2כְּמֹ֖ץ · like chaff…before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.