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Headword: *)akri/s
Adler number: alpha,985
Translated headword: locust, cricket, grasshopper
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A kind of little animal.[1]
The Precursor[2] ate 'locusts and wild honey',[3] which, being collected from the trees, is called manna[4] by the multitude.
Greek Original:
*)akri/s: ei)=dos zwu+fi/ou. h)/sqie de\ a)kri/das o( *pro/dromos kai\ me/li a)/grion, o(/per a)po\ tw=n de/ndrwn e)pisunago/menon ma/nna toi=s polloi=s prosagoreu/etai.
Notes:
[1] LSJ entry at web address 1.
[2] John the Baptist. For 'Precursor' cf. pi 2372.
[3] Mark 1:6.
[4] For manna cf. mu 129, mu 130.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; botany; Christianity; definition; food; religion; zoology
Translated by: Oliver Phillips ✝ on 8 July 2000@15:38:46.
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