Words the Bible translates as locust
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akrisἀκρίςlocustnot studied yet
- arbehאַרְבֶּהlocust: the swarming, migratory insect that arrives in devouring clouds and eats a land bare, and the ordinary Hebrew word for it
- yeleqיֶלֶקa locust: one of the swarming, crop-stripping insects, sometimes taken to be the young, still wingless kind
- ḥasilחָסִילa crop-devouring locust, named for finishing a field off and leaving nothing behind
- tseltselimצֶלְצְלִיםcymbals: the clashing metal plates sounded in worship, named after the ringing noise they make
+2 more meanings
- whirring, buzzing: the sound of beating wings, or the winged pest known by that sound
- a barbed spear for taking fish: a harpoon
- ḥagavחָגָבlocustnot studied yet
- givayגֹּבַיlocustnot studied yet
- gazamגָּזָםa crop-destroying locust, named for the way it shears vegetation off
- gevגֵּבlocustnot studied yet
- ḥaregolחָרְגֹּלlocustnot studied yet
- solamסׇלְעָםlocustnot studied yet
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