Exodus 10:4-6
[tomorrow.]
locusts <0697> [locusts.]
The word {arbeh,} Locust, is derived from {ravah,} to multiply, be numerous, etc., because they are more prolific than any other insect, and because of the immense swarms of them by which different countries, especially the East, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the name of Grylli; which includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. The common great brown locust is about three inches in length; has two antenn‘ about an inch long, and two pair of wings. The head and horns are brown; the mouth and inside of the larger legs bluish; the upper side of the body and upper wings brown, the former spotted with black, and the latter with dusky spots. The back is defended by a shield of a greenish hue: the under wings are of a light brown, tinctured with green, and nearly transparent. It has a large open mouth, in the two jaws of which it has four teeth, which traverse each other like scissors, being calculated, from their mechanism, to gripe or cut. The general appearance of the insect is that of the grasshopper. The Egyptians had gods in whom they trusted to deliver them from these terrible invaders; but by this judgment they were taught that it was impossible to stand before Moses, the servant of Jehovah.
surface <05869> [face. Heb. eye.]
remainder <03499> [the residue.]
fill <04390> [fill.]
fathers .... grandfathers <01> [which.]
turned <06437> [And he.]
Exodus 10:13-15
east wind ................ east wind <07307 06921> [east wind.]
locusts ........................... locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
was very severe <03966 03515> [very grievous.]
before <06440> [before.]
covered <03680> [For they.]
ate <0398> [did eat.]
Psalms 105:34
locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
Joel 1:4
[That which the palmer-worm hath left. Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm.]
The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on .# Ex 10:4
consumed .... arbeh-locust ..... consumed ......... consumed <0398 0697> [the locust eaten.]
[the canker-worm eaten.]
[the caterpillar.]
Joel 1:6-7
nation <01471> [nation.]
land <0776> [my.]
teeth .... those <08127> [whose.]
destroyed <07760> [laid.]
fig trees .... splinters <08384 07111> [barked my fig-tree. Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.]
Joel 2:7-11
charge ..... scale <07323> [They shall run.]
In their progress, says Dr. Shaw, "they kept their ranks like men of war; climbing over every tree or wall that was in their way. Nay, they entered into our very houses and bedchambers, like so many thieves. Every effort of the inhabitants to stop them was unavailing; the trenches they had dug were quickly filled up, and the fires they had kindled extinguished, by infinite swarms succeeding each other."
scale <05927> [climb.]
<03212> [they shall march.]
defenses <07973> [sword. or, dart.]
go in <0935> [enter.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
sun <08121> [the sun.]
thunders <05414> [utter.]
<02428> [his army.]
<06099> [he is.]
day <03117> [the day.]
survive <03557> [who.]
Joel 2:25
arbeh-locust <0697> [that.]
Revelation 9:3-11
locusts <200> [locusts.]
like <5613> [as.]
to damage <3363 91> [that they.]
to damage <91> [hurt.]
<1508> [but.]
Corrupt and idolatrous Christians; against whom the Saracens chiefly prevailed.
who <3748> [which.]
were ... given permission <1325> [it was.]
kill <615 3363> [they should not.]
That is, should not kill them as a political body, state, or empire; and accordingly, however they desolated the Greek and Latin churches, they could not extirpate them, nor gain possession of the empire.
torture <928> [they should be.]
five <4002> [five.]
Five prophetical months, each consisting of 30 days, and each day denoting a year, amount to 150 years; and accordingly, from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture A.D. 612, the building of Bagdad, when they ceased from their ravages, A.D. 763, are just 150 years.
locusts ........ them .......... and their <2532 846> [and their.]
people <444> [shall men.]
looked <3667> [the shapes.]
their ........... their faces ..... faces <846 4383> [their faces.]
hair .... hair <2359> [hair.]
and their <2532 846> [and their.]
They had <2192> [they had.]
and ... sound ........ noise <2532 5456> [and the.]
tails .................. tails <3769> [tails.]
They have ............... is <2192> [they had.]
angel <32> [the angel.]
Abaddon <3> [Abaddon. that is, a destroyer.]
