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Lexicon :: Strong's H1462 - gôḇ

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גּוֹב
Transliteration
gôḇ
Pronunciation
gobe
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Part of Speech
collective masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 304b

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹב gôwb, gobe; from H1461; the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae):—grasshopper, × great.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H1462 in the following manner: grasshopper (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H1462 in the following manner: grasshopper (2x).
  1. locusts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹב gôwb, gobe; from H1461; the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae):—grasshopper, × great.
STRONGS H1462: Abbreviations
גּוֺב noun [masculine] locusts, Nahum 3:17; compare גֹּבַי.

גֹּבַי, גּוֺבָ֑י noun masculineAmos 7:1, compare 7:2 collective locusts (swarm, multitude; Aramaic גּוּבָא, plural גוּבָאֵי; on formative see Ol§ 216 d), גֹּבַי symbol of Yahweh's judgment on Israel Amos 7:1; in simile of disappearance of Assyrian leaders at destruction of Nineveh גּוֺב גּוֺבָ֑י Nahum 3:17 (locust-) swarm of locusts (|| אַרְבֶּה); but strike out גּוֺב as dittograph We and others
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Amos

7:1; 7:1; 7:2

Nahum

3:17; 3:17

H1462

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1462 matches the Hebrew גּוֹב (gôḇ),
which occurs 3 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:1 - This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your princes are like grasshoppers,
your scribes[fn] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
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