akris <200>
akriv akris
| Pronunciation: | ak-rece' |
| Origin: | apparently from the same as 206 |
| Reference: | - |
| PrtSpch: | n f |
| In Greek: | akridav 1, akridev 2, akridwn 1 |
| In NET: | locusts 4 |
| In AV: | locust 4 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Definition: | 1) 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 accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also were permitted to eat them. apparently from the same as 206; a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation):-locust. see GREEK for 206 |
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