Strong's Lexicon
G200 — ἀκρίς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G200 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀκρίς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently from G206, akin to the base of G188 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | akris |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ak-rece' |
| Meaning: | 1. a locust {as pointed, or as lighting upon the top of vegetation} |
| KJV Renderings: | locust |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκρίς, (ίδος, ἡ (from Homer down), a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals are accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also (according to Lev 11:22) were permitted to eat them; (cf. Winers RWB under the word Heuschrecken; Furrer in Schenkel iii., p. 78f; (BB. DD., under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 313ff)): Mat 3:4; Mar 1:6. A marvelous and infernal kind of locusts is described in Rev 9:3; Rev 9:7, cf. Revelation 9:2, 5f, 8-12; see Dusterdieck at the passage.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀκρίς (locust)
Matthew 3:4
- KJV: 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
- GK: αυτός δε ο Ιωάννης είχε το ένδυμα αυτού από τριχών καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού η δε τροφή αυτού ην ακρίδες και μέλι άγριον
Mark 1:6
- KJV: 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
- GK: ην δε Ιωάννης ενδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου και ζώνην δερματίνην περί την οσφύν αυτού και εσθίων ακρίδας και μέλι άγριον
Revelation 9:3
- KJV: 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
- GK: και εκ του καπνού εξήλθον ακρίδες εις την γην και εδόθη αυταίς εξουσιά ως έχουσιν εξουσίαν οι σκορπίοι της γης
Revelation 9:7
- KJV: And the shapes of the locusts like unto horses prepared unto battle and on their heads as it were crowns like gold and their faces as the faces of men
- GK: και τα ομοιώματα των ακρίδων όμοια ίπποις ητοιμασμένοις εις πόλεμον και επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών ως στέφανοι χρυσοί και τα πρόσωπα αυτών ως πρόσωπα ανθρώπων