Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3218
יֶ֫לֶק
ye.leq · “locust”
Used 9 times across 4 books
Definition
1) young locust (early stage of development)
1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
Where it appears
Psalms1
Jeremiah2
Joel3
Nahum3
In the text
Psalms 105:34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,Jeremiah 51:14The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.Joel 1:4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.Nahum 3:15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.Nahum 3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
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