Strong’s H1357 · Hebrew

גֵּב
gêb
gabe

Definition

a locust (from its cutting)

Etymology

probably from H1461 (גּוּב) (compare H1462 (גּוֹב));

Where the KJV renders it

  • locust

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What the first audience heard

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