חָגָבchâgâb

locust, grasshopper, probably a non-flying species (Ecclesiastes 12:5; Leviticus 11:22; Numbers 13:33; Isaiah 40:22; 2 Chronicles 7:13)

Pronunciation: khaw-gawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2284

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 11:22 The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
  • Numbers 13:33 We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”
  • 2 Chronicles 7:13 At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:5 Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
  • Isaiah 40:22 God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).