Dict: smith - MOTH

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MOTH - M>@ - By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to the destructive habits of the clothes-moth is made in kjv@Job:4:19 kjv@Job:13:28; kjv@Psalms:39:11) etc. (The moth is a well-known insect which in its caterpillar state is very destructive to woollen clothing, furs, etc. The egg of the moth, being deposited on the fur or cloth, produces a very small shining insect, which immediately forms a house for itself by cuttings from the cloth. It east away the nap, and finally ruins the fabric. There are more than 1500 species of moths.
McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia.)

MOTHER - M>@ - The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is strongly shown in the higher estimation of the mother in the Jewish family, as contrasted with modern Oriental as well as ancient Oriental and classical usage. The king’s mother, as appears in the case of Bath-sheba, was treated with special honor. kjv@Exodus:20:12; kjv@Leviticus:19:3 kjv@Leviticus:5:16 kjv@Leviticus:21:18 ,21; kjv@Kings:2:29; kjv@Proverbs:10:1 kjv@Proverbs:15:20 kjv@Proverbs:17:25 ; 29:15; 31:1-30)