ΑΚΡΙΔΑ, ακριδα
AKRIDA, akrida
Sounds Like: ah-KREE-dah
Translations: locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
From the root: ΑΚΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a locust or grasshopper, an insect known for its swarming behavior and destructive impact on crops. In ancient contexts, locusts were sometimes consumed as food, as mentioned in historical accounts of John the Baptist. The word is used to describe the insect itself, often in the context of its abundance or as a food source.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G205 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Jeremiah — 26:23
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
- ἈΚΡΙΔΕΣ — locusts, grasshoppers
- 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
- 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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