# H1462 גּוֹב

גּוֹב (gôwb), Strong’s H1462: the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae) KJV: grasshopper, [idiom] great.. Occurs 3 times.

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*gôwb* — the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae)

KJV: grasshopper, [idiom] great.

Derived from [גּוּב gûwb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1461) (to dig)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גֹּבַי, גּוֹבָ֑י n.m. coll. locusts, symbol of Yahweh’s judgment on Isr. Am 7:1; in sim. of disappearance of Assyrian leaders at destruction of Nineveh Na 3:17
- גּוֹב n.[m.]
- גּוֹב n.[m.] locusts, Na 3:17

## Where it occurs
- [Amos 7:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/7?v=1) — Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and…
- [Nahum 3:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nahum/3?v=17) — Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold…