Strongs H4671

← H4671 ↑ →

מֹץ (môts) n-m (motes)
Source: or מוֹץ; (Zephaniah 2:2), from H4160;
Meaning: chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
KJV: chaff.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

[מוֹץ], מֹץ n.m. Is 29:5 chaff;—מ׳ abs. Ho 13:3 + 6 t.; cstr. Is 17:13;—chaff, always as driven by wind, and alw. c. כְּ, in sim.; of wicked Jb 21:18 (∥ תֶּבֶן לִפְנֵי רוּחַ), cf. ψ 1:4 35:5 Ho 13:3; of hostile nations Is 17:13 (מ׳ הָרִים), 29:5 (∥ אָבָק דַּךְ); hyperb. of Judah's power, גְּבָעוֹת כַּמֹּץ תָּשִׂים Is 41:15 (∥ תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים וְתָדֹק); of passing time, יוֹם Zp 2:2. {558}

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