Gloss
locust (in some cultures distinguished from a grasshopper and used as a food source)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀκρίς, ίδος, ἡ
Greek transliteration
akris
Simplified transliteration
akris
Numbers
Strong's number
200
GK Number
210
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(2)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀκρίς
| Matthew 3:4 | Now John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts (akrides | ἀκρίδες | nom pl fem) and wild honey. |
| Mark 1:6 | Now John was clothed with hair camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, his and he fed on locusts (akridas | ἀκρίδας | acc pl fem) and wild honey. |
| Revelation 9:3 | Then out of the smoke came locusts (akrides | ἀκρίδες | nom pl fem) onto the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. |
| Revelation 9:7 | In appearance the locusts (akridōn | ἀκρίδων | gen pl fem) were like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. |
