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grasshopper

Meaning of “grasshopper”

A leaping insect.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 11:22

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Every verse containing “grasshopper”

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Leviticus 11:22
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 11:22 · retained source text

Euen these of them ye may eate: the Locust, after his kinde, and the Bald-locust after his kinde, and the Beetle after his kinde, and the Grassehopper after his kinde.

Job 39:20
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 39:20 · retained source text

Canst thou make him afraid as a grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

1611 marginal noteHebr. terrour.

Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:5 · retained source text

Also when they shalbe afraid of that which is high, and feares shall bee in the way, and the Almond tree shall flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall faile: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A leaping insect which lives among grass.

volume 1, leaf 858, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 92)