27 occurrences in 12 translations

'Locust' in the Bible

for if thou art refusing to send My people away, lo, I am bringing in to-morrow the locust into thy border,

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsGod's Action Tomorrow

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.'

Verse ConceptsSymbolsStretching OutRemaining FoodAnimals Eating

And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust.

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

And the locust goeth up against all the land of Egypt, and resteth in all the border of Egypt -- very grievous: before it there hath not been such a locust as it, and after it there is none such;

Verse ConceptsInvasionsUnique CreaturesMany Creatures

And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

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

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsGrasshoppersAccording To Its KindClean FoodKinds Of Living ThingsWeedbugs

'And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

Verse ConceptsInsectsHornetsBeesHiding From People

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Verse ConceptsLocustsPlanting Seeds

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

Verse Conceptsbugs

for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In ShortageNations Attacking Israel

When there is famine on the earth,when there is pestilence,when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,when their enemies besiege themin the region of their fortified cities,when there is any plague or illness,

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In Shortage

If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people --

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTClosing Up

Do you make him leap like a locust?His proud snorting fills one with terror.

Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

Then he commanded the locust to come grasshoppers without number.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocusts

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Verse ConceptsShadowsTime Passing

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsNo King

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

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFamine, Causes OfCaterpillarsLocustsSuffering, Nature OfSymbolsDestruction Of PlantsGathering FoodRemaining Food

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsChangecancerlukewarmrehabilitationworms

I struck you with blight and mildew;the locust devouredyour many gardens and vineyards,your fig trees and olive trees,yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! He was forming locust swarms as the latter plantings were just beginning to sprout. Indeed, the king had just taken his first fruit tax.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsCropsLocustsMowingDestruction Of PlantsAttitudes Towards Kings

The fire will devour you there;the sword will cut you down.It will devour you like the young locust.Multiply yourselves like the young locust,multiply like the swarming locust!

Verse ConceptsInsectsBurning People

You have made your merchantsmore numerous than the stars of the sky.The young locust strips the landand flies away.

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Your court officials are like the swarming locust,and your scribes like clouds of locusts,which settle on the walls on a cold day;when the sun rises, they take off,and no one knows where they are.

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersHot WeatherCold WeatherUnknown ThingsEvil Fleeing

Bible Theasaurus

Locust (27 instances)
Prodigal (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
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

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