Beetle
Bible Usage:
- beetle used once.
- Bible Reference: Leviticus 11:22
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2728 Used 1 time
(Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Leviticus 11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, "which has legs above its feet, to leap withal." The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). This has been an article of food from the earliest times in the East to the present day. The word is rendered "cricket" in the Revised Version.
Authorized as food
Leviticus 11:22
[LOCUST]
BEE'TLE-BROW, noun [beetle and brow.] A prominent brow.
BEE'TLE-BROWED, adjective Having prominent brows.
BEE'TLE-HEAD, noun [beetle and head.] A stupid fellow.
BEE'TLE-HEADED, a Having a head like a beetle; dull; stupid.
BEE'TLE-STOCK, noun [beetle and stock.] The handle of a beetle.