Bible Dictionaries
Locust

Locust — One of the worst scourges of the East, very often referred to in Bible. As many as nine Hebrew words signify either the locust in general or some species:

1. 'árbéh - Strongs: H697, probably the locusta migratoria;
2. gãzãm - Strongs: H1501, possibly the locust in its larva state, the palmerworm;
3. Gôbh - Strongs: H1462, the locust in general;
4. chagab - Strongs: H2284, most likely the grasshopper;
5. hãsîl - Strongs: H2625, "the destroyer", perhaps the locust in its hopper state, in which it is most destructive;
6. hárgõl - Strongs: H2728, translated in the D.V. as ophiomachus;
7. yéléq - Strongs: H3218, the stinging locust;
8. çelãçâl - Strongs: H6767 possibly the cricket; and
9. sôl'ãm - Strongs: H5556, rendered by attacus, or bald locust (probably the truxalis).

Unlike other insects, locusts are most voracious in every stage of their existence.

Verses:

• Exodus 10:4
• Exodus 10:12
• Exodus 10:13
• Exodus 10:14
• Exodus 10:19
• Leviticus 11:22
• Numbers 13:33
• Deuteronomy 28:38
• Deuteronomy 28:42
• Judges 6:5
• Judges 7:12
• 1 Kings 8:37
• 2 Chronicles 6:28
• 2 Chronicles 7:13
• Job 39:20
• Psalms 78:46
• Psalms 105:34
• Psalms 109:23
• Proverbs 30:27
• Ecclesiastes 12:5
• Isaiah 33:4
• Isaiah 40:22
• Jeremiah 46:23
• Jeremiah 51:14
• Jeremiah 51:27
• Joel 1:4
• Joel 2:25
• Amos 4:9
• Amos 7:1
• Nahum 3:15
• Nahum 3:16
• Nahum 3:17
• Matthew 3:4
• Mark 1:6
• Revelation 9:3
• Revelation 9:7