Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4671 - מֹץ mots (squeezer)

Original Word:	מֹץ
Transliteration:	mots
Definition:	squeezer, extortioner
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(motes)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

chaff

Or mowts (Zephaniah 2:2) {motes}; from muwts; chaff (as pressed out, i.e. Winnowed or (rather) threshed loose) -- chaff.

see HEBREW muwts

Englishman's Concordance

1) chaff
1a) always as driven by wind
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4160
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1162a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מוֺץ], מֹץnoun masculine^{Isaiah 29:5}chaff (Talmud ᵑ7מוֺצָא, Arabic

straw ); — ׳מ absolute Hosea 13:3 6t.; construct Isaiah 17:13; — chaff, always as driven by wind, and always with כְּ, in simile; of wicked Job 21:18 ("" רוּחַ תֶּבֶן לִפְנֵי), compare Psalm 1:4; Psalm 35:5; Hosea 13:8; of hostile nations Isaiah 17:13 (הָרִים׳מ), Isaiah 29:5 ("" אָבָק דַּךְ); hyperb. of Judah's power, גְּבָעוֺת כַּמֹץ תָּשִׂיםIsaiah 41:16 ("" הָרִים וְתָדֹק תָּדוּשׁ); of passing time, יוֺםZephaniah 2:2.

I, II. מוֺצָא, [מוֺצָאָה] see יצא.

I. מוּצָק, [מוּצֶ֫קֶת] see יצק.

II. מוּצָק see צוק.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4671. מֹץ (mots) — 8 Occurrences

Job 21:18
HEB:לִפְנֵי־ ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃
NAS: the wind, And like chaff which the storm
KJV: the wind, and as chaff that the storm
INT: before the wind chaff carries the storm

Psalm 1:4
HEB:כִּ֥י אִם־ כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ
NAS: are not so, But they are like chaff which
KJV: The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind
INT: for but chaff which drives

Psalm 35:5
HEB: יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ ר֑וּחַ
NAS:Let them be like chaff before
KJV:Let them be as chaff before the wind:
INT: them be like chaff before the wind

Isaiah 17:13
HEB:מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְרֻדַּ֗ף כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ לִפְנֵי־
NAS: And be chased like chaff in the mountains
KJV: and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains
INT: far and be chased chaff the mountains before

Isaiah 29:5
HEB:הֲמ֣וֹן זָרָ֑יִךְ וּכְמֹ֤ץ עֹבֵר֙ הֲמ֣וֹן
NAS: of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away;
KJV: of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away:
INT: the multitude of your enemies the chaff blows and the multitude

Isaiah 41:15
HEB:וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃
NAS: the hills like chaff.
KJV: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
INT: and pulverize the hills chaff and will make

Hosea 13:3
HEB:מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הֹלֵ֑ךְ כְּמֹץ֙ יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן
NAS: disappears, Like chaff which is blown away
KJV: that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind
INT: soon disappears chaff is blown the threshing

Zephaniah 2:2
HEB:לֶ֣דֶת חֹ֔ק כְּמֹ֖ץ עָ֣בַר י֑וֹם
NAS: passes like the chaff-- Before
KJV: pass as the chaff, before
INT: takes the decree the chaff passes the day

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