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Grasshopper
Belongs to the class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae. This insect is not unknown in Palestine.
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In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer. 46:23, where the Authorized Version has “grasshopper,” the Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (‘arbeh) by “locust.” This is the case also in Amos 7:1; Nah. 3:17, where the Hebrew word gob is used; and in Lev. 11:22; Num. 13:33; Eccl. 12:5; Isa. 40:22, where hagab is used. In all these instances the proper rendering is probably “locust” (q.v.).
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[Locust]
In the Bible
4
Verses where Grasshopper is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ecclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- Job 39:20
Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
- Leviticus 11:22
Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
- Psalms 78:46
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Scripture on Grasshopper
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Voices on Grasshopper
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Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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