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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 - Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:33 - And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
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