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In the Bible, locusts are often depicted as agents of divine judgment, symbolizing destruction and desolation due to their capacity to consume crops and devastate lands. They are also mentioned as permissible food according to Levitical law.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, locusts were both a natural phenomenon and a symbol of divine intervention. Swarms of locusts could devastate entire regions, leading to famine and economic hardship. In the biblical context, locusts are often associated with plagues and are seen as instruments of God's judgment, as seen in the plagues of Egypt. However, they were also considered a source of sustenance, as they were one of the few insects deemed clean and edible according to Jewish dietary laws.<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>locust, grasshopper<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>grasshopper (2), grasshoppers (2), locust (1).<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> I. <font class="hebrew2">חָגָב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Ecclesiastes 12:5</sup> <font size="+1"><b>locust, grasshopper</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; compare <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font>), probably a non-flying species, see Kn in Di<sup>Leviticus 11:22</sup>; <font class="hebrew2">הֶחָגָב</font> allowed as food <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22</a> (P; "" <font class="hebrew2">אַרְבֶּה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">סָלְעָם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">חַרְגֹּל</font>), <font class="hebrew2">כַּחֲגָבִיס</font> <a href="/interlinear/numbers/13-33.htm">Numbers 13:33</a> (J E; simile of insignificance), so <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a>; as agent of Yahweh's wrath <font class="hebrew2">חָגָב לֶאֱכוֺל חארץ</font>2Chronicles 7:13; <font class="hebrew2">וְיִסְתַּבֵּל</font> <font class="hebrew2">הֶחָגָב</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a> <em>and the grasshopper shall be a burden</em>; better <em>shall drag itself along</em>, De Hi Now RVm; De thinks <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> here figurative of the back part of the pelvic cavity (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb029006.gif"> is <em>point of hip-bone</em>, Bo, compare Lane), and refers to stiffness of aged joints, so Now; but the meaning is dubious; see other views of Comm. <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>locust <p>Of uncertain derivation; a locust -- locust. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הֶֽחָגָ֔ב הֶחָגָ֖ב החגב חָגָ֖ב חגב כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים כחגבים chaGav ḥā·ḡāḇ ḥāḡāḇ he·ḥā·ḡāḇ hechaGav heḥāḡāḇ ka·ḥă·ḡā·ḇîm kachagaVim kaḥăḡāḇîm<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/leviticus/11-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 11:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־ <b> הֶחָגָ֖ב </b> לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in its kinds, <span class="itali">and the grasshopper</span> in its kinds.<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> after his kind, <span class="itali">and the grasshopper</span> after his kind.<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the cricket kinds <span class="itali">and the grasshopper</span> kinds<p><b><a href="/text/numbers/13-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 13:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַנְּהִ֤י בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ <b> כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים </b> וְכֵ֥ן הָיִ֖ינוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and we became <span class="itali">like grasshoppers</span> in our own sight,<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and we were in our own sight <span class="itali">as grasshoppers,</span> and so we were in their sight.<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/13-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> become sight <span class="itali">grasshoppers</span> and so were in<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 7:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עַל־ <b> חָגָ֖ב </b> לֶאֱכ֣וֹל הָאָ֑רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I command <span class="itali">the locust</span> to devour<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or if I command <span class="itali">the locusts</span> to devour<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> command and <span class="itali">the locust</span> to devour the land<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשָּׁקֵד֙ וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל <b> הֶֽחָגָ֔ב </b> וְתָפֵ֖ר הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> blossoms, <span class="itali">the grasshopper</span> drags<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall flourish, <span class="itali">and the grasshopper</span> shall be a burden,<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the almond drags <span class="itali">the grasshopper</span> is ineffective and the caperberry<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ <b> כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים </b> הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And its inhabitants <span class="itali">are like grasshoppers,</span> Who stretches<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the inhabitants <span class="itali">thereof [are] as grasshoppers;</span> that stretcheth out<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth inhabitants <span class="itali">grasshoppers</span> stretches A curtain<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2284.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2284.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2284<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chagav_2284.htm">ḥā·ḡāḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hechagav_2284.htm">he·ḥā·ḡāḇ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kachagavim_2284.htm">ka·ḥă·ḡā·ḇîm — 2 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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