13 occurrences

'Locust' in the Bible

Then the Lord changed the wind to a strong west wind, and it carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

When there is famine on the earth,when there is pestilence,when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,when their enemy besieges themin the region of their fortified cities,when there is any plague or illness,

When there is famine on the earth,when there is pestilence,when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,when their enemies besiege themin the region of their fortified cities,when there is any plague or illness,

Do you make him leap like a locust?His proud snorting fills one with terror.

He gave their crops to the caterpillarand the fruit of their labor to the locust.

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;I am shaken off like a locust.

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.

I will repay you for the yearsthat the swarming locust ate,the young locust, the destroying locust,and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.

I struck you with blight and mildew;the locust devouredyour many gardens and vineyards,your fig trees and olive trees,yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.

The fire will devour you there;the sword will cut you down.It will devour you like the young locust.Multiply yourselves like the young locust,multiply like the swarming locust!

You have made your merchantsmore numerous than the stars of the sky.The young locust strips the landand flies away.

Your court officials are like the swarming locust,and your scribes like clouds of locusts,which settle on the walls on a cold day;when the sun rises, they take off,and no one knows where they are.

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Definition
Usage
ארבּה 
'arbeh 
Usage: 24

גּב 
Geb 
Usage: 1

חגב 
Chagab 
Usage: 5

סלעם 
Col`am 
Usage: 1

צלצל 
Ts@latsal 
Usage: 6

ἀκρίς 
Akris 
Usage: 4

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