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Lexicon :: Strong's H697 - 'arbê

Aa
אַרְבֶּה
Transliteration
'arbê
Pronunciation
ar-beh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2103a

Strong’s Definitions

אַרְבֶּה ʼarbeh, ar-beh'; from H7235; a locust (from its rapid increase):—grasshopper, locust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H697 in the following manner: locust (20x), grasshopper (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H697 in the following manner: locust (20x), grasshopper (4x).

  1. a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll)

  2. (CLBL)

    1. sudden disappearance (fig.)

    2. insignificance (fig.)

    3. activity (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְבֶּה ʼarbeh, ar-beh'; from H7235; a locust (from its rapid increase):—grasshopper, locust.
STRONGS H697: Abbreviations
† אַרְבֶּה noun masculineExodus 10:19 a kind of locust (usually interpreted as the multitudinous, but DlHWB 126 as = Assyrian âribu, êribu, êribû, locust-swarm, from ארב devastate); — always absolute (הָ)א׳; — usually collective locust-swarm, in simile of swarm of invaders Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; often apparently the common species (|| other species, compare לְמִינוֺ Leviticus 11:22): Jeremiah 46:23; Nahum 3:15 (simile of multitude; || יֶלֶק); as destructive Exodus 10:4, 12, 13, 14 (twice in verse); Exodus 10:19a (all J), Psalm 105:34 (|| יֶלֶק), Deuteronomy 28:38 (verb תסל), 1 Kings 8:37 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalm 78:46 (all + תָסִיל), Joel 1:4 (twice in verse) (|| גָּזָם, יֶלָק, חָסִיל), Joel 2:25 (|| id.); as disappearing suddenly (simile) Nahum 3:17 (|| גּוֺב גּוֺבַי); as edible Leviticus 11:22 (H; || סָלְעָם, חִרְגֹּל, חָגָב); as well organized Proverbs 30:27 (compare Joel 2:7, 8); of single locust, אֶחָד א׳ Exodus 10:19b (J), as leaping (simile) Job 39:20, as shaken out of garment (simile) Psalm 109:23 (see II. נָעַר). — compare DrJoel 82 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:4; 10:12; 10:13; 10:14; 10:19; 10:19; 10:19

Leviticus

11:22; 11:22

Deuteronomy

28:38

Judges

6:5; 7:12

1 Kings

8:37

2 Chronicles

6:28

Job

39:20

Psalms

78:46; 105:34; 109:23

Proverbs

30:27

Jeremiah

46:23

Joel

1:4; 2:7; 2:8; 2:25

Nahum

3:15; 3:17

H697

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H697 matches the Hebrew אַרְבֶּה ('arbê),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - ‘For if H518 you refuse H3986 to let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, behold H2009, tomorrow H4279 I will bring H935 locusts H697 into your territory H1366.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for the locusts H697, so that they may come H5927 up H5927 on the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and eat H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776, everything H3605 that the hail H1259 has left H7604.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses H4872 reached H5186 out H5186 with his staff H4294 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and the LORD H3068 directed H5090 an east H6921 wind H7307 on the land H776 all H3605 that day H3117 and all H3605 that night H3915; and when it was morning H1242, the east H6921 wind H7307 [fn]brought H5375 the locusts H697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts H697 came H5927 up H5927 over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and settled H5117 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Egypt H4714; they were very H3966 [fn]numerous H3515. There had never H3808 been H1961 so H3651 many [fn]locusts H697, nor H3808 would there be so H3651 many [fn]again H310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - So the LORD H3068 shifted H2015 the wind to a very H3966 strong H2389 west H3220 wind H7307, which picked H5375 up H5375 the locusts H697 and drove H8628 them into the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220; not one H259 locust H697 was left H7604 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:22 - ‘These H428 of them you may eat H398: the locust H697 in its kinds H4327, the devastating H5556 locust H5556 in its kinds H4327, the cricket H2728 in its kinds H4327, and the grasshopper H2284 in its kinds H4327.

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“You will bring H3318 out H3318 a great H7227 amount H7227 of seed H2233 to the field H7704, but you will gather H622 in H622 little H4592, because H3588 the locust H697 will devour H2628 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they would come H5927 up H5927 with their livestock H4735 and their tents H168, they would come H935 in H935 like locusts H697 in number H7230, and both they and their camels H1581 were innumerable H369 H4557; and they came H935 into the land H776 to ruin H7843 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites H4080, the Amalekites H6002, and all H3605 the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924 were lying H5307 in the valley H6010 as numerous H7230 as locusts H697; and their camels H1581 were without H369 number H4557, as numerous H7230 as the sand H2344 on the seashore H3220 H8193.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 -

“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is [fn]blight H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 harasses H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew H3420, if H3588 there is locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemies H340 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061 or whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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“Do you make him leap H7493 like locusts H697?

His majestic H1935 snorting H5170 is frightening H367.

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He also gave H5414 their crops H2981 to the grasshopper H2625

And the product H3018 of H3018 their labor H3018 to the locust H697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:34 -

He spoke H559, and locusts H697 came H935,

And creeping H3218 locusts H3218, beyond H369 number H4557,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23

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I am passing H1980 like a shadow H6738 when it lengthens H5186;

I am shaken H5287 off H5287 like the locust H697.

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The locusts H697 have H369 no H369 king H4428,

Yet all H3605 of them go H3318 out H3318 in H2686 ranks H2686;

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“They have cut H3772 down H3772 her forest H3293,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068;

“Certainly H3588 it will no H3808 longer be found H2713,

Even though H3588 [fn]they are H7231 more H4480 numerous H7231 than H4480 locusts H697

And are without H369 number H4557.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:4 -

What H3499 the gnawing H1501 locust H1501 has left H3499, the [fn]swarming H697 locust H697 has eaten H398;

And what H3499 the swarming H697 locust H697 has left H3499, the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has eaten H398;

And what H3499 the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has left H3499, the stripping H2625 locust H2625 has eaten H398.

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“Then I will compensate H7999 you for the years H8141

That the [fn]swarming H697 locust H697 has eaten H398,

The creeping H3218 locust H3218, the stripping H2625 locust H2625, and the gnawing H1501 locust H1501—

My great H1419 army H2428 which H834 I sent H7971 among you.

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There H8033 fire H784 will consume H398 you,

The sword H2719 will cut H3772 you down H3772;

It will consume H398 you as the creeping H3218 locust H3218 consumes a crop.

Multiply H3513 yourself like the creeping H3218 locust H3218,

Multiply H3513 yourself like the migratory H697 locust H697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17

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Your courtiers H4502 are like the migratory H697 locust H697.

Your officials H2951 are like a swarm H1462 of H1462 locusts H1462

Settling H2583 in the stone H1448 shelters H1448 on a cold H7135 day H3117.

The sun H8121 rises H2224 and they flee H5074,

And the place H4725 where H335 they are is not known H3045.

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