Quick Definition
locust
Strong's Definition
a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)
Derivation: apparently from the same as H5553 (סֶלַע) in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming;
KJV Usage: bald locust.
TWOT Reference: 1509
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) locust
1a) an edible winged locust
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סׇלְעָם (sol.am) — locust. 1) locust 1a) an edible winged locust
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Swarming Creatures
locust = type of migratory locust; ◄ swarming creature with wings; ► clean animal which may be eaten
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָלְעָם n.m. an edible, winged, locust;—Lv 11:22 ref