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Strong's H697 אַרְבֶּה (arbeh)

Arbeh means “locust” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G697 — areiospagos (“Areopagus”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H697
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 21
Books 12

Strong's H697 Quick Answer

Strong's H697 אַרבֶּה (arbeh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. arbeh (ar-beh') n-m. 1. a locust (from its rapid increase) [from H7235] It has 21 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include locust, locusts, grasshoppers, and grasshopper. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
arbeh (ar-beh') n-m. 1. a locust (from its rapid increase) [from H7235]
Usage
21 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
locust, locusts, grasshoppers, and grasshopper

Meaning and Definition

arbeh (ar-beh') n-m. 1. a locust (from its rapid increase) [from H7235] KJV: grasshopper, locust. Root(s): H7235

Original Word
אַרבֶּה
Transliteration
arbeh
Derivation
Root: רבה First root strongs: 7235
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H697. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

locust

Usage: 1) a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll) 2) (CLBL) 2a) sudden disappearance (fig.) 2b) insignificance (fig.) 2c) activity (fig.)

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How Strong's H697 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render arbeh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

locust Exodus 10:14 locusts Exodus 10:4 grasshoppers Judges 6:5 grasshopper Job 39:20

How Strong's H697 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H697 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H697 in the Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 10:4 KJV

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

Exodus 10:12 KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

Exodus 10:13 KJV

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Usage Excerpts

First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H697.

Exodus 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Exodus 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Exodus 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Leviticus 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Deuteronomy 28:38 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Judges 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Judges 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
1 Kings 8:37 Old Testament, KJV
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
2 Chronicles 6:28 Old Testament, KJV
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
Job 39:20 Old Testament, KJV
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Psalms 78:46 Old Testament, KJV
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalms 105:34 Old Testament, KJV
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
Psalms 109:23 Old Testament, KJV
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Proverbs 30:27 Old Testament, KJV
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Jeremiah 46:23 Old Testament, KJV
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Joel 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Joel 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Nahum 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Nahum 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H697, grouped by book.

Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H697 FAQ

What does arbeh (אַרְבֶּה) mean?

Arbeh (Strong's H697) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "locust". arbeh (ar-beh') n-m. 1. a locust (from its rapid increase) [from H7235]

How many times is arbeh (אַרְבֶּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's H697 across 12 books.

Where can I study arbeh (אַרְבֶּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H697 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate arbeh (אַרְבֶּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as locust, locusts, grasshoppers, and grasshopper. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.