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Lexicon :: Strong's H2284 - ḥāḡāḇ

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חָגָב
Transliteration
ḥāḡāḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-gawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 601a

Strong’s Definitions

חָגָב châgâb, khaw-gawb'; of uncertain derivation; a locust:—locust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2284 in the following manner: grasshopper (4x), locust (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2284 in the following manner: grasshopper (4x), locust (1x).

  1. locust, grasshopper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָגָב châgâb, khaw-gawb'; of uncertain derivation; a locust:—locust.
STRONGS H2284: Abbreviations
† I. חָגָב noun masculineEcclesiastes 12:5 locust, grasshopper (Late Hebrew id.; compare Targum), probably a non-flying species, see Kn in DiLeviticus 11:22; הֶחָגָב allowed as food Leviticus 11:22 (P; || אַרְבֶּה, סָלְעָם, חַרְגֹּל), כַּחֲגָבִיס Numbers 13:33 (J E; simile of insignificance), so Isaiah 40:22; as agent of Yahweh's wrath חָגָב לֶאֱכוֺל חארץ 2 Chronicles 7:13; וְיִסְתַּבֵּל הֶחָגָב Ecclesiastes 12:5 and the grasshopper shall be a burden; better shall drag itself along, De Hi Now RVm; De thinks ח׳ here figurative of the back part of the pelvic cavity (Arabic bdb029006 is point of hip-bone, Bo, compare Lane), and refers to stiffness of aged joints, so Now; but the meaning is dubious; see other views of Comm.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:22; 11:22

Numbers

13:33

2 Chronicles

7:13

Ecclesiastes

12:5; 12:5

Isaiah

40:22

H2284

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2284 matches the Hebrew חָגָב (ḥāḡāḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:22 - The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:33 - We even saw giants[fn] there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
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