Quick Definition
locust
Strong's Definition
a locust (from its rapid increase)
Derivation: from H7235 (רָבָה);
KJV Usage: grasshopper, locust.
TWOT Reference: 2103a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַרְבֶּה (ar.beh) — locust. 1) a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll) 2) (CLBL) 2a) sudden disappearance (fig.) 2b) insignificance (fig.) 2c) activity (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Swarming Creatures | ≈ גֹּוב · גָּזָם · חָגָב · חָסִיל · חַרְגֹּל · יֶלֶק · סָלְעָם
locust = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten
EXO 10:4 · EXO 10:12 · EXO 10:13 · EXO 10:14 · EXO 10:14 · EXO 10:19 · EXO 10:19 · LEV 11:22 · DEU 28:38 · JDG 6:5 · JDG 7:12 · 1KI 8:37 · 2CH 6:28 · JOB 39:20 · PSA 78:46 · PSA 105:34 · PSA 109:23 · PRO 30:27 · JER 46:23 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 2:25 · NAM 3:15 · NAM 3:17
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַרְבֶּה a kind of locust base