Lexical Summary chagab: locust, grasshopper Original Word: חָגָבTransliteration: chagab Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-gawb') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: locust, grasshopper Meaning: locust, grasshopper Strong's Concordance locust Of uncertain derivation; a locust -- locust. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2284. chagab I. חָגָב noun masculineEcclesiastes 12:5 locust, grasshopper (Late Hebrew id.; compare ᵑ7), probably a non-flying species, see Kn in DiLeviticus 11:22; הֶחָגָב allowed as food 11:22 (P; "" חַרְגֹּל סָלְעָם, אַרְבֶּה,), כַּחֲגָבִיס Numbers 13:33 (J E; simile of insignificance), so Isaiah 40:22; as agent of Yahweh's wrath חארץ לֶאֱכוֺל חָגָב2 Chronicles 7:13; הֶחָגָב וְיִסְתַּבֵּל 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 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. |
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