19 occurrences

'Locusts' in the Bible

But if you [are] refusing to release my people, look, I [am] about to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsGod's Action Tomorrow

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt with the locusts so that they may come up over the land of Egypt, and let them eat all the vegetation of the land, all that the hail left behind."

Verse ConceptsSymbolsStretching OutRemaining FoodAnimals Eating

And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh drove an east wind into the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought the locusts.

Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and they settled in all the territory of Egypt, very {severe}. Before it there were not locusts like them, nor will there be after it.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsUnique CreaturesMany Creatures

And Yahweh turned a very strong {west wind} and lifted up the locusts and thrust them into the {Red Sea}, and not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeaWestWindMiracles Of Moses And AaronOut Of The WestOther References To The Red Sea

For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

Now [the] Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of [the] east [were] lying in the valley, like a great multitude of locusts; their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand that [is] on the shore of the sea.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

He spoke and there came locusts and young locusts without number.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocusts

And your spoil is gathered, [as] the gathering of the locust, as a swarm of locusts storming on it.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

They will cut down her forest," {declares} Yahweh, "for {it is impenetrable}. Yes, they are more numerous than locusts, and {they are without number}.

Verse ConceptsForestsMany CombatantsInsectsLocustsFelling Trees

Yahweh of hosts has sworn by himself, "Surely I will fill you [with] troops like the creeping locusts, and they will sing over you a war cry."

Verse ConceptsLocustsMany Enemies

Raise a banner in the land; blow a horn among the nations; prepare for holy war against her; summon [the] nations against her, the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; summon against her an official; bring up horses like bristling creeping locusts.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

This is what my Lord Yahweh showed me, and look, [he] is going to form locusts at the beginning of the sprouting of the second crop, and look, after the mowings of the king.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsCropsLocustsMowingDestruction Of PlantsAttitudes Towards Kings

Your officials [are] like locusts; your commanders [are] like a swarm of locusts. They encamp on the walls on a cold day; when the sun rises, they fly away-- no one knows where they have gone.

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersHot WeatherCold WeatherUnknown ThingsEvil Fleeing

Now John himself had his clothing made from camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHair Garments

And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.

Verse ConceptsLocustsSymbolsAltar Of IncenseScorpionsbugs

And the appearance of the locusts [was] like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads [were something] like crowns similar in appearance to gold, and their faces [were] like men's faces,

Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

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ארבּה 
'arbeh 
Usage: 24

גּב 
Geb 
Usage: 1

חגב 
Chagab 
Usage: 5

סלעם 
Col`am 
Usage: 1

צלצל 
Ts@latsal 
Usage: 6

ἀκρίς 
Akris 
Usage: 4