Strong Hebrew #2284 - חָגָב chagab (locust)
| Original Word: | חָגָב |
| Transliteration: | chagab |
| Definition: | locust, grasshopper |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (khaw-gawb') |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
locust
Of uncertain derivation; a locust -- locust.
Englishman's Concordance
1) locust, grasshopper
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of uncertain derivation
Same Word by TWOT Number: 601a
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
חָגָבnoun masculineEcclesiastes 12:5locust, grasshopper (Late Hebrew
id.; compare
ᵑ7), probably a non-flying species, see Kn in Di
Leviticus 11:22;
הֶחָגָב allowed as food
Leviticus 11:22 (P; ""
אַרְבֶּה,
סָלְעָם,
חַרְגֹּל),
כַּחֲגָבִיסNumbers 13:33 (J E; simile of insignificance), so
Isaiah 40:22; as agent of Yahweh's wrath
חָגָב לֶאֱכוֺל חארץ2Chronicles 7:13;
וְיִסְתַּבֵּלהֶחָגָבEcclesiastes 12:5and 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
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.
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 2284. חָגָב (chagab) — 5 Occurrences
Leviticus 11:22
HEB:לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־ הֶחָגָ֖ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
KJV: after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
INT: and the cricket kinds and the grasshopper kinds
Numbers 13:33
HEB:וַנְּהִ֤י בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים וְכֵ֥ן הָיִ֖ינוּ
NAS: and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight,
KJV: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
INT: become sight grasshoppers and so were in
2 Chronicles 7:13
HEB:אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עַל־ חָגָ֖ב לֶאֱכ֣וֹל הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: I command the locust to devour
KJV: or if I command the locusts to devour
INT: command and the locust to devour the land
Ecclesiastes 12:5
HEB:הַשָּׁקֵד֙ וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל הֶֽחָגָ֔ב וְתָפֵ֖ר הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה
NAS: blossoms, the grasshopper drags
KJV: shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden,
INT: the almond drags the grasshopper is ineffective and the caperberry
Isaiah 40:22
HEB:הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כַּחֲגָבִ֑ים הַנּוֹטֶ֤ה כַדֹּק֙
NAS: And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches
KJV: and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out
INT: of the earth inhabitants grasshoppers stretches A curtain
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.