ἈΚΡΙΔΕΣ, ἀκριδες
AKRIDES, akrides
Sounds Like: ah-KREE-des
Translations: locusts, grasshoppers
From the root: ΑΚΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to locusts or grasshoppers, which are insects known for their swarming behavior and destructive impact on crops. It is often used metaphorically to describe a large, numerous, or overwhelming group, or to convey a sense of smallness or insignificance in comparison to something larger.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0205 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΡΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΡΙΔΑ — locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
- ἈΚΡΙΔΑΣ — locusts
- ἈΚΡΙΔΙ — (to) a locust, (to) locust, (for) a locust, (for) locust
- ἈΚΡΙΔΟΣ — (of) locust, (of) grasshopper
- ἈΚΡΙΔΩΝ — of locusts, locusts
- ΑΚΡΙΔ — locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
- ΑΚΡΙΔΑ — locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
- ΑΚΡΙΔΑΣ — locust, a locust
- ΑΚΡΙΔΕΣ — locusts
- ΑΚΡΙΔΙ — to a locust, to the locust, to a grasshopper, to the grasshopper
- ΑΚΡΙΔΟΣ — of a locust, of locusts
- ΑΚΡΙΔΩ — of locusts, of a locust
- ΑΚΡΙΔΩΝ — of locusts, of a locust
- ΑΚΡΙΣ — locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
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