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locusts

Meaning of “locusts”

Large grasshopper-like insects that travel in swarms.

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17 occurrences16 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 10:4

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Exodus 10:4
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 10:4 · retained source text

Els, if thou refuse to let my people goe, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast.

1611 marginal noteWisd. 16.9.

Exodus 10:12
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 10:12 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hand ouer the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come vp vpon the land of Egypt, and eate euery herbe of the land, euen all that the haile hath left.

Exodus 10:13
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 10:13 · retained source text

And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an East wind vpon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the East wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:14
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 10:14 · retained source text

And the locusts went vp ouer all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grieuous were they: before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Exodus 10:19
And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 10:19 · retained source text

And the LORD turned a mighty strong West wind, which tooke away the locusts, and cast them into the red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fastened.

2 Chronicles 6:28
¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:28 · retained source text

¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mil-dew, locusts or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land: whatsoeuer sore, or whatsoeuer sicknesse there be:

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the land of their gates.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.9.

2 Chronicles 7:13
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:13 · retained source text

If I shut vp heauen that there bee no raine, or if I command the locusts to deuoure the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:

Psalms 105:34
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 105:34 · retained source text

He spake, and the locusts came: and catterpillers, and that without number,

1611 marginal noteExod. 10.4.

Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 30:27 · retained source text

The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands.

1611 marginal noteHeb. gathered together.

Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:4 · retained source text

And your spoile shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of Locusts shall he runne vpon them.

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