Strong G200ἀκρίς

locust

Transliteration
akris
Pronunciation
ak-rece'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Apparently from the same as G206; a locust (as pointed or as lighting on the top of vegetation): - locust.

Detailed definition

ἀκρίς, -ίδος, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אַרְבֶּה, also for חָגָב, etc.;]
a locust: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6, Rev.9:3, 7.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G200 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • locust4

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:4
    And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
  2. Mark 1:6
    And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
  3. Revelation 9:3
    And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
  4. Revelation 9:7
    And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκρίς, ίδος, ἡ,
grasshopper, locust, cricket, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1116, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 174.3, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.41, LXX.Exo.10.4, etc.)]:— singular, in collective sense, Men.Prot.[Refs 4th c.AD+ (p.108D.; πολλὴ ἀ. 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.21.)]