Givay גֹּבַי
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| גֹּבַי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | givay |
| Strong's number | H1462 (H1462B, H1462A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | locust |
| Occurrences | 3 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Amos (1) |
Givay (Hebrew גֹּבַי, Strong's H1462) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “locust”. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H1462B: locust
locusts, symbol of Yahweh's judgment on Isr. ; in sim. of disappearance of Assyrian leaders at destruction of Nineveh
Also means: gov (גּוֹב "locust" H1462A)
Also means: gov (גּוֹב "locust" H1462A)
H1462A: locust
locusts
Another spelling of gi.vay (גֹּבַי "locust" H1462B)
Another spelling of gi.vay (גֹּבַי "locust" H1462B)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | grasshoppers (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | swarms of locusts (1), like clouds of locusts (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Givay, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Amos
- Amos 7:1Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).