Bible dictionary

Cricket

A winged insect with four legs (from the scientific family Orthptera). These insects are related to grasshoppers and locusts. Israelites considered crickets ceremonially clean to eat (Leviticus 11:22). The reference in the Bible may actually be describing one of the growth stages of the locust, rather than what we call crickets today.

See also Beetle; Grasshopper; Locust.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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