ἀκρίς
Transliteration
akris
(Key)
Pronunciation
ak-rece'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G200 in the following manner: locust (4x).
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a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country, migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also were permitted to eat them.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκρίς akrís, ak-rece'; apparently from the same as G206; a locust (as pointed, or as lighting
on the top of vegetation):—locust.
STRONGS G200:
ἀκρίς, -ίδος, ἡ, [from Homer down], a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals are accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt [or prepared in other ways], and the Israelites also (according to
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Leviticus
- 11:22
- Matthew
- 3:4
- Mark
- 1:6
- Revelation
- 9; 9:2; 9:3; 9:5; 9:7
