{Riches} (ho ploutos). Masculine singular, but occasionally
neuter o ploutos in nominative and accusative ( 2Co 8:2 ).
Apparently pleotos fulness (from pleos full, pimpl(886d)i to
fill). "Wealth." {Are corrupted} (ses(8870)en). Second perfect
active indicative of s(8870)(935c) (root sap as in sapros, rotten),
to corrupt, to destroy, here intransitive "has rotted." Only here
in N.T. On the worthlessness of mere wealth see Mt 6:19,24 .
{Were moth-eaten} (s(8874)obr(9374)a gegonen). "Have become (second
perfect indicative of ginomai, singular number, though
himatia, neuter plural, treated collectively) moth-eaten"
(s(8874)obr(9374)a, late and rare compound from s(8873), moth, Mt
6:19f. and r(9374)os, verbal adjective of ibr(9373)k(935c) to eat Joh
6:13 . This compound found only here, Job 13:28 , Sibyll. Orac.
_Proem_. 64). Rich robes as heirlooms, but moth-eaten. Vivid
picture. Witness the 250 "lost millionaires" in the United States
in 1931 as compared with 1929. Riches have wings.
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