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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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Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nahum 3:15 · retained source text

There shall the fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy selfe many as the cankerworme, make thy selfe many as the locusts.

Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nahum 3:17 · retained source text

The crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grashoppers which campe in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sunne ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not knowen where they are.

Matthew 3:4
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 3:4 · retained source text

And the same Iohn had his raiment of camels haire, and a leatherne girdle about his loynes, and his meate was locusts and wilde hony.

Mark 1:6
And 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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 1:6 · retained source text

And Iohn was clothed with camels haire, and with a girdle of a skin about his loines: and he did eat locusts and wilde honie,

1611 marginal noteMatt. 3.4.

Revelation 9:3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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1611 witness · Revelation 9:3 · retained source text

And there came out of the smoke locusts vpon the earth, and vnto them was giuen power, as the Scorpions of the earth haue power.

Revelation 9:7
And 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 9:7 · retained source text

And the shapes of the Locusts were like vnto horses prepared vnto battell, and on their heades were as it were crownes like golde, and their faces were as the faces of men.

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