Gazam גָּזָם
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| גָּזָם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gazam |
| Strong's number | H1501 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | locust |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joel (2) |
Gazam (Hebrew גָּזָם, Strong's H1501) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “locust”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
locusts
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | palmerworm (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | what the devouring locust (1), devouring locust (1), locust (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gazam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joel
- Joel 1:4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust— My great army that I sent against you.
Amos
- Amos 4:9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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).