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ἀκρίς

akris

Feminine noun · Apparently from the same as ἄκρον (G206)

Apparently from the same as G206; a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation):—locust.

Outline

a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country, migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also were permitted to eat them.

Usages

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

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Mark 1:6

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

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Revelation 9:3

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Breakdown

locusts WW1 Fighter Jets. Scorpions Tail gun. John likened the jets to locusts because he did not know what he was seeing, but it looked like locusts.

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Revelation 9:7

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

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crowns like gold A helmet, more specifically, the Pickelhaube. faces of men Men operated the planes.

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