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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: Onyxastra

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Comments: A common brown cricket.

 

Credit: Charles J. Sharp

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Comments: Roesel's bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii diluta) male, Finemere Wood, Oxfordshire

 

Cricket, a good translation for Hebrew צְלָצַל tsəlātsal - Strongs: H6767, "chirping", which besides the feature suggested by the etymology, is described Deut. 28:42, as a voracious insect. See § Blast.

Verses:

  • Deuteronomy 28:42
  • Isaiah 18:1
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​c/cricket.html. 2024.
 
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