H1501 - גָּזָם (gâzâm)

H1501 גָּזָם (gâzâm) gaw-zawm'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

locust

Strong's Definition

a kind of locust

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to devour;

KJV Usage: palmer-worm.

TWOT Reference: 338a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) locusts

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

locusts

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּזָם gâzâm BDB Definition: 1) locusts Part of Speech: noun masculine collective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to devour Same Word by TWOT Number: 338a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

1:4 2:25

4:9

Joel 1:4

What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

Joel 2:25

I will repay you for the years eaten [by locusts] — the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust My great army that I sent against you.

Amos 4:9

I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me, declares the LORD.