ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia   belongs to the
class of neuropterous insects called Gryllidae  This insect is
not unknown in Israel.  In Judg. 6:5; 7:12; Job 39:30; Jer.
46:23, where the Authorized Version has “grasshopper,” the
Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word ('arbeh)
by “locust.” This is the case also in Amos 7:1; Nah. 3:17, where
the Hebrew word Gob is used; and in Lev. 11:22; Num. 13:33;
Eccl. 12:5; Isa. 40:22, where hagab is used. In all these
instances the proper rendering is probably “locust” (q.v.).