H2285 - חָגָב (Châgâb)

H2285 חָגָב (Châgâb) khaw-gawb'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

the same as 2284; locust; Chagab, one of the Nethinim

KJV Usage: Hagab

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָגָב (cha.gav) — Hagab. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.2.46 § Hagab = "locust" head of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חָגָב (H2284 · H2285)

noun m · חֲגָבָה

Swarming Creatures

locust = type of migratory locust; consumes all vegetation; ◄ swarming creature with wings; ► clean animal which may be eaten; ≈ regarded as a small but destructive insect; its way of walking resembles that of an old man

LEV 11:22 · NUM 13:33 · 2CH 7:13 · ECC 12:5 · ISA 40:22

name

Names of People

Hagab = man; ► family head; temple servants; after exile

EZR 2:46

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָגָב n.pr.m. head of family of returning exiles Ezr 2:46 ref