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H3218Hebrew

יֶלֶק

Definition and meaning

yekeq (yeh'-lek) n-m. 1. a devourer 2. specifically, the young locust [from an unused root meaning to lick up] KJV: cankerworm, caterpillar.

Tagged KJV passages

7 matching verses - 9.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Psalms 105:34

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

Matched English: caterpillersJeremiah 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.

Matched English: caterpillersJeremiah 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.

Matched English: caterpillersJoel 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.

Matched English: cankerworm, cankerwormJoel 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.

Matched English: cankerwormNahum 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.

Matched English: cankerworm, cankerwormNahum 3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

Matched English: cankerworm