H3218: יֶלֶק
yeleq · pronounced yeh'-lek · “locust”
Definition
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV translates it as: cankerworm, caterpillar.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to lick up;
Extended definition
1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3218 is translated
- locusts ×4
- locust ×3
- a locust ×2
Bible verses with H3218 (yeleq)
Yeleq appears in 7 verses.
- Psalms 105:34
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
- Jeremiah 51:14
The 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 51:27
Set 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 1:4
That 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 2:25
And 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 3:15
There 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 3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.