Bible Dictionary

Hagab

The name Hagab means “Hagabah, a grasshopper”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(locust). Bene-Hagab were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:46) (B.C. before 536.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ha'-gab (chaghabh, "locust"): Ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel and Nehemiah. The name occurs second after Hagabah in Ezr 2:46, but is omitted entirely from the parallel list of Ne 7:48.