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ἀκρίς G0200
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locust; a swarming insect used as food and appearing as an apocalyptic image of divine judgment
The locust (ἀκρίς) appears in two quite different NT contexts. In the Gospels, it is part of John the Baptist's wilderness diet — 'locusts and wild honey' (Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6) — evoking Levitical food laws that permitted certain insects (Lev 11:22) and symbolizing his ascetic prophetic lifestyle. In Revelation 9:3, 7 locusts swarm from the abyss as instruments of divine judgment, recalling the eighth plague of Exodus and Joel's locust army. Spanish 'langostas,' French 'sauterelle,' and German 'Heuschrecken' all denote the same insect across both literal and apocalyptic settings.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — Locust — a swarming grasshopper-like insect known both as a permitted food and as a biblical emblem of devastating plague. Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 mention locusts as the diet of John the Baptist in the Judean wilderness, linking him to prophetic austerity and the clean-insect provisions of Leviticus 11:22. Revelation 9:3, 7 depicts demonic locusts rising from the bottomless pit, drawing on Exodus 10 and Joel 1-2 plague imagery. The consistent cross-lingual rendering (spa 'langostas,' fra 'sauterelle,' deu 'Heuschrecken') confirms a single referent used in both literal and visionary registers. 4×
ANIMALS › Animals › Wilderness and Desert
AR["الجَرَادِ", "جَرَادًا", "جَرَادٌ"]·ben["পঙ্গপাল", "পঙ্গপালদের"]·DE["Heuschrecken", "ἀκρίδες"]·EN["locusts"]·FR["sauterelle"]·heb["אַרְבֶּה", "הָאַרְבֶּה"]·HI["टिड्डियाँ", "टिड्डियां", "टिड्डियों"]·ID["belalang", "belalang-belalang"]·IT["akrides", "akridōn", "locusta"]·jav["walang"]·KO["메뚜기들-을", "메뚜기들-의", "메뚜기들이", "메뚰기들-과"]·PT["gafanhotos"]·RU["акриды", "саранча", "саранчи", "саранчу"]·ES["langostas"]·SW["nzige"]·TR["çekirgeler", "çekirgeleri", "çekirgelerin"]·urd["ٹڈیاں", "ٹڈیوں"]
Matt 3:4, Mark 1:6, Rev 9:3, Rev 9:7
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀκρίς, ίδος, ἡ, grasshopper, locust, cricket, LXX+8th c.BC+:— singular, in collective sense, Men.Prot.Refs 4th c.AD+