מוֹץ
mots
“chaff”
Definition
chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
or מוֹץ; (Zephaniah 2:2), from H4160 (מוּץ);
- chaff 1a) always as driven by wind
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מוֹץ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Therefore 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.
The 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.
But your many foes will be like fine dust,the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,
Behold, 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.
Are they like straw before the wind,like chaff swept away by a storm?
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