What does ἀκρίς (akrís) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρίς (akrís) is a Greek word meaning "a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)".
Greek · G200
ἀκρίς
A locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)
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ἀκρίς G200
Pronunciation akrís
What does ἀκρίς (akrís) mean in the Bible?
ἀκρίς (akrís) is a Greek word meaning "a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G200?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include locusts (4).
Where does ἀκρίς (akrís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It locusts 4× Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:4
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
ἀκρίδες 2x akrides Matthew 3:4, Revelation 9:3
ἀκρίδας 1x akridas Mark 1:6
ἀκρίδων 1x akridōn Revelation 9:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 3:4, Revelation 9:3
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Mark 1:6
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 9:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)
Strong's G200
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a locust (as pointed, or as lighting on the top of vegetation)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀκρίδες akridev
a locust
Read verse Mark 1:6 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀκρίδας akridav
a locust
Read verse Revelation 9:3 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀκρίδες akridev
a locust
Read verse Revelation 9:7 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀκρίδων akridwn
a locust
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 3:4 · Rev 9:3 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Rev 9:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 1:6 1×
Word Origins
ἀκρίς is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain