גּוֹב
gov · locust
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1462 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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gov (גּוֹב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “locust”.
A locust, a swarm of locusts.
How to say it
gov
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Insects flying in masses that devour plants.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- like a swarm of grasshoppers ×2
- locusts ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Amos 7:1
Thus Adonai YHWH showed me: and look, he was forming locusts at the beginning of the sprouting of the late grass; and look, it was the late grass after the mowings of the king.
- Nahum 3:17
Your guards are like the locust, and your officials like a swarm of grasshoppers that camp in the walls on a day of cold; the sun rises, and they flee, and their place is not known; where are they?
And 1 more times.