Locust
ἀκρίςStrong’s G0200akris
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akris is the Greek word usually translated “locusts”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
Meaning
Usually translated “locusts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- locusts 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Revelation 9:3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Greek dictionary
ἀκρίς akris · locust
ἀκρίς, -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַרְבֶּה, also for חָגָב, etc. ;] a locust: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6, Rev.9:3, 7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “locust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LO'CUST, noun
[Latin locusta.]
An insect of the genus Gryllus. These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the S. of Asia as to devour every green thing, and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud.
All definitions and other forms of “locust”
LO'CUST, noun
A name of several plants and trees; as a species of Melianthus, and of Ceratonia.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.