Word Study · Strong's H1501 · Hebrew
גָּזָם
gazam
gaw-zawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gâzâm
“a kind of locust”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a kind of locust
Rendered in the KJV as
palmer-worm.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַגָּזָם֙1
- הַגָּזָ֑ם1
- וְהַגָּזָ֑ם1
How it is rendered · 3
- and the locust[s]1
- the locust1
- the locust[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joel2 occurrences
- Joel 1:4הַגָּזָם֙hagazamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhat the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.here: the locust[s]
- Joel 2:25וְהַגָּזָ֑םvehagazamconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust— My great army that I sent against you.here: and the locust[s]