蛀
zhù
advancedRadical 虫Strokes 11
How is 蛀 read in the Chinese Bible?
蛀 is read zhù in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses across 4 books, first in Job 13:28. Common words: 虫蛀, 蛀虫.
- Occurrences
- 5
- Verses
- 5
- Books
- 4
- First in
- Job 13:28
Words it forms in the Bible
- 虫蛀chóng zhù× 2damaged by moths or worms
- 蛀虫zhù chóng× 2insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc
- 蛀zhù× 1termite
Meaning: termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
In the text
- Job 13:28
我已经像灭绝的烂物, 像虫蛀的衣裳。
- Isaiah 50:9
主耶和华要帮助我; 谁能定我有罪呢? 他们都像衣服渐渐旧了, 为蛀虫所咬。
- Isaiah 51:8
因为蛀虫必咬他们,好像咬衣服; 虫子必咬他们,如同咬羊绒。 惟有我的公义永远长存, 我的救恩直到万代。
- Hosea 5:12
我使以法莲如虫蛀之物, 使犹大家如朽烂之木。
- Luke 12:33
你们要变卖所有的周济人,为自己预备永不坏的钱囊,用不尽的财宝在天上,就是贼不能近、虫不能蛀的地方。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.