The meaning of “חָגָב”
Understanding châgâb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of uncertain derivation locust. - a locust 1) locust, grasshopper
חָגָב
of uncertain derivation locust. - a locust 1) locust, grasshopper
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 11:22 | “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.” Word: חָגָב (châgâb) | |
| Numbers 13:33 | “And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. ” Word: חָגָב (châgâb) | |
| 2 Chronicles 7:13 | “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;” Word: חָגָב (châgâb) | |
| Ecclesiastes 12:5 | “Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:” Word: חָגָב (châgâb) | |
| Isaiah 40:22 | “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:” Word: חָגָב (châgâb) |
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