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0200 – ἀκρίς (akris)

locust


Type:
Noun
fem. ♀
Category:  Animals  Arthropods  Insects
Greek: ἀκρίς (akris)
Pronunciation: ak-rece    Listen
Gematria: 137(1 + 20 + 100 + 10 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Apparently from the same as G0206
Usage: 4 times in NT

Description

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.

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into akris :

אַרְבֶּהarbehH0697locust
גֵּוgevH1460aback
חָגָבchagavH2284locust
יֶ֫לֶקjeleqH3218locust

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. pl. ♀ accusative plural feminine
N-APF-1
Noun Noun
gen. pl. ♀ genitive plural feminine
N-GPF-1
Noun Noun
nom. pl. ♀ Nominative plural feminine
N-NPF-2


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Usage in NT


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2
Total    4

References (4 occurances in 4 verses)




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