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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #200 - ἀκρίς

Transliteration

akrís

Phonetics

ak-rece'

Origin

apparently from the same as (G206)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country, migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also were permitted to eat them.

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 697 ‑ אַרְבֶּה (ar‑beh'); 1460 ‑ גֵּו (gave); 2284 ‑ חָגָב (khaw‑gawb'); 3218 ‑ יֶלֶק (yeh'‑lek);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

NAS (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

HCS (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

BSB (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

ESV (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

WEB (4)

Matthew

Mark

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄκρις, ιος, ἡ, (ἄκρος)

Noun, hill-top, mountain peak, Hom. only in Od., always in pl., ἄκριες ἠνεμόεσσαι windy mountain tops, Od. 9.400, cf. h.Cer. 382; δι' ἄκριας through hill-country, Od. 10.281: — sg., Περγαμίης ὑπὲρ ἄκριος Epigr.Gr. 1035.8 (Pergam.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀκρίς , -ίδος , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H697, also for H2284, etc.;]

a locust: Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 9:3; Revelation 9:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

ακρίδα ακριδας ακρίδας ἀκρίδας ακριδες ακρίδες ἀκρίδες ακρίδι ακρίδος ακριδων ακρίδων ἀκρίδων ακρίς ακρόασαι ακροάσεως ακρόασιν ακρόασις akridas akrídas akrides akrídes akridon akridōn akrídon akrídōn

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