גֵּב
gêb · H1357 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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locust, grasshopper
Six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; Acrididae family; normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten; associated with destruction
ExamplesIsaiah 33:4 Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַשָּׁקrushing upon 1
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Near synonyms 3 words
- גּוֹב gôwb · H1462 · locust
- "Locust" and "grasshopper" describe closely related swarming insects, often used interchangeably or for overlapping species.
- חָגָב châgâb · H2284 · locust
- Both words are glossed identically as "locust"; they are two distinct Hebrew words for the same type of insect.
- גָּזָם gâzâm · H1501 · locust
- Both are distinct Hebrew terms for specific locust or insect types that swarm and destroy crops.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Waterbodies001002008
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with the homographic beam/ditch/pit noun גֵּב (gêb, H1356); it does not independently apply to this locust sense.
- Swarming Creatures001001002006
- גֵּב (locust) denotes a swarming insect, as in Isaiah 33:4's simile comparing plunderers to an infestation of locusts.
- Constructions001003002
- This code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with גֵּב (gêb, H1356) and does not independently apply to the locust sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1357. geb I. [גֵּב] locust, see below גבה. I. [גֵּב] noun [masculine] locust (name from…
I. [גֵּב] locust, see below גבה.
I. [גֵּב] noun [masculine] locust (name from swarm, collection, Ethiopic compare also Ethiopic locust √ = Arabic scaturivit, manavit), only plural גֵּבִים Isa 33:4 (in simile of leaping). — גֵּב II, III, see below גוב.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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