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A kind of locust, and so called in 2 Chronicles 7:13 . It was sometimes used for food, Leviticus 11:22 . Individually they are insignificant and timid creatures, Numbers 13:33 , and their worthlessness furnishes a striking comparison in Isaiah 40:22; while the feebleness of age is expressed by inability to endure them, Ecclesiastes 12:5 . Yet coming in great numbers, they are destructive to all herbage, Amos 7:1 . See LOCUST .
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Grasshopper'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/g/grasshopper.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Grasshopper'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/g/grasshopper.html. 1859.
