scorpions. Greek. skorpios. Here; verses: Rev_9:5, Rev_9:10. Luk_10:19; Luk_11:12. As in Exo_10:14, these are no ordinary locusts, which "have no king" (Pro_30:27). See Rev_9:11 and compare Joe_2:25. Here "men" are the objects of their power to inflict hurt.