STRONGS NUMBER H5580


Word Summary
sas: a moth
Original Word: סָס
Transliteration: sas
Phonetic Spelling: (sawce)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a moth
Meaning: a moth
Strong's Concordance
moth

From the same as cuwc; a moth (from the agility of the fly) -- moth.

see HEBREW cuwc

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5580. sas

סָ֑סnoun masculine moth (סָסָא ᵑ7‎, Syriac ; Assyrian sâsu, DlHWB 506; Arabic , ; Ethiopic Thes LagArmen. Stud. § 2262 compare Armenian zez = Greek σής, which is derived from סָס‎ by BoHieroz. iii. 514 LewyFremdw. 16 f.); — סָ֑ס יאֹכְלֵם וְכַצֶּמֶרIsaiah 51:8.