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In the Hebrew Bible, locusts are frequently depicted as instruments of divine judgment, symbolizing overwhelming calamity and the stripping away of resources.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, locusts were a well-known threat to agriculture, capable of decimating crops and causing famine. The Israelites, like other ancient peoples, would have been acutely aware of the destructive power of locust swarms. These insects were often seen as a divine punishment for disobedience, as they could swiftly bring a nation to its knees by destroying its food supply.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>locusts<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>caterpillar (1), gnawing locust (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">גָּזָם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Amos 4:9</sup> <font size="+1"><b>locusts</b></font> (collective) — absolute <font class="hebrew2">גָּזָם</font> <a href="/interlinear/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a>; — always as devouring, devastating, <a href="/interlinear/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אַרְבֶּה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">יֶלֶק</font>, <font class="hebrew2">חָסִיל</font>) <a href="/interlinear/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a> ("" <em>id.</em>); <a href="/interlinear/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a> alone: <em>your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig-tres and your olive-trees</em> <font class="hebrew2">יאֹכַל הַגָּזָם</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>palmer-worm <p>From an unused root meaning to devour; a kind of locust -- palmer-worm. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַגָּזָ֑ם הַגָּזָם֙ הגזם וְהַגָּזָ֑ם והגזם hag·gā·zām haggaZam haggāzām vehaggaZam wə·hag·gā·zām wəhaggāzām<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/joel/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joel 1:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> יֶ֤תֶר <b> הַגָּזָם֙ </b> אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> What <span class="itali">the gnawing locust</span> has left,<br><a href="/kjvs/joel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">That which the palmerworm</span> hath left<br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> What <span class="itali">the gnawing</span> has eaten the swarming<p><b><a href="/text/joel/2-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joel 2:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַיֶּ֖לֶק וְהֶחָסִ֣יל <b> וְהַגָּזָ֑ם </b> חֵילִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joel/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the stripping locust <span class="itali">and the gnawing locust,</span> My great<br><a href="/kjvs/joel/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the caterpiller, <span class="itali">and the palmerworm,</span> my great<br><a href="/interlinear/joel/2-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the creeping the stripping <span class="itali">and the gnawing</span> army my great<p><b><a href="/text/amos/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 4:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖ם יֹאכַ֣ל <b> הַגָּזָ֑ם </b> וְלֹֽא־ שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [wind] and mildew; <span class="itali">And the caterpillar</span> was devouring<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> increased, <span class="itali">the palmerworm</span> devoured<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and olive was devouring <span class="itali">and the caterpillar</span> have not returned<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1501.htm">3 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1501.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1501<br>3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haggazam_1501.htm">hag·gā·zām — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehaggazam_1501.htm">wə·hag·gā·zām — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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