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 DiLeviticus 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.
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.