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Lexicon :: Strong's H3218 - yeleq

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יֶלֶק
Transliteration
yeleq
Pronunciation
yeh'-lek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to lick up
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 870a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: ילק.

Strong’s Definitions

יֶלֶק yeleq, yeh'-lek; from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust:—cankerworm, caterpillar.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3218 in the following manner: cankerworm (6x), caterpillar (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3218 in the following manner: cankerworm (6x), caterpillar (3x).
  1. young locust (early stage of development)

    1. caterpillar (as devouring)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶלֶק yeleq, yeh'-lek; from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust:—cankerworm, caterpillar.
STRONGS H3218: Abbreviations
יֶ֫לֶק noun masculineNahum 3:16 a kind of locust, absolute יֶלֶק Nahum 3:16 + 5 times; יָ֑לֶק Joel 1:4 + 2 times; — always collective:
a. as devouring || גָּזָם, אַרְבֶּה, חָסִיל, Joel 1:4 (twice in verse); Joel 2:25; || אַרְבֶּה Psalm 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), compare Nahum 3:15a (but strike out We).
b. in simile of multitude of men Nahum 3:15b Jeremiah 51:14; of horses Jeremiah 51:27 (יֶלֶק סָמָר).
c. in simile of scattering and disappearing Nahum 3:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

105:34

Jeremiah

51:14; 51:27

Joel

1:4; 1:4; 2:25

Nahum

3:15; 3:15; 3:16; 3:16; 3:16

H3218

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3218 matches the Hebrew יֶלֶק (yeleq),
which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:34 -

He spoke, and the [migratory] locusts came,

And the young locusts, even without number,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14 -

The LORD of hosts has sworn [an oath] by Himself, saying,

“Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip the land clean],

And they will lift up a song and shout of victory over you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 -

Lift up a signal in the land [to spread the news]!

Blow the trumpet among the nations!

Dedicate the nations [for war] against her;

Call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.

Appoint a marshal against her;

Cause the horses to come up like bristly locusts [with their wings not yet released from their cases].

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:4 -

What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;

And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;

And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten [in judgment of Judah].

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:25 -

“And I will compensate you for the years

That the swarming locust has eaten,

The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—

My great army which I sent among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:15 -

But there [in the very midst of these preparations] the fire will devour you;

The sword will cut you down;

It will devour you as the locust does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locusts;

Multiply yourself like the swarming locusts.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven—

The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.

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