# locust

## Related Ideas:

grasshopper, locust swarms

## Definitions:

The term "locust" refers to a type of large, flying grasshopper that sometimes flies with many others of its kind in a very destructive swarm that eats all vegetation.

* Locusts and other grasshoppers are large, straight-winged insects with long, jointed back legs that give them the ability to jump a long distance way.
* In the Old Testament, swarming locusts were referred to figuratively as a symbol or picture of the overwhelming devastation that would come as a result of Israel's disobedience.
* God sent locusts as one of the ten plagues against the Egyptians.
* The New Testament says that locusts were a main source of food for John the Baptist while he was living in the desert.

(Translation suggestions: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

(See also: [captive](../other/captive.md), [Egypt](../names/egypt.md), [Israel](../kt/israel.md), [John (the Baptist)](../names/johnthebaptist.md), [plague](../other/plague.md))

## Picture of a Locust:

<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/l/Locust_fc.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/l/Locust_fc.png" ></a>

## Bible References:

* [2 Chronicles 06:28](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/06/28)
* [Deuteronomy 28:38-39](rc://en/tn/help/deu/28/38)
* [Exodus 10:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/exo/10/03)
* [Mark 01:06](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/01/06)
* [Proverbs 30:27-28](rc://en/tn/help/pro/30/27)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H697, H1357, H1462, H1501, H2284, H3218, H5556, H6767, G200

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

grasshoppers, locust, locust swarms, locusts