ΑΚΡΙΔΕΣ, ακριδες
AKRIDES, akrides
Sounds Like: ah-KREE-des
Translations: locusts
From the root: ΑΚΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to locusts, which are a type of large, migratory grasshopper known for forming swarms that can devastate crops. In ancient contexts, they were sometimes consumed as food, as famously mentioned in the New Testament regarding John the Baptist's diet. This form of the word is plural.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0205 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- ΑΚΡΙΔΑ — locust, a locust, grasshopper, a grasshopper
- ΑΚΡΙΔΑΣ — locust, a locust
- 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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