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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:34 -

He spoke, and locusts came,

And creeping H3218 locusts H3218, without number,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14 -

Yahweh of hosts has sworn by Himself:

“Surely I will fill you with a [fn]population like locusts H3218,

And they will cry out with [fn]shouts of victory over you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:27

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Lift up a standard in the land,

Blow a trumpet among the nations!

Set apart the nations against her;

Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;

Appoint a marshal against her;

Bring up the horses like bristly locusts H3218.

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

And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has consumed;

And what the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has left, the stripping locust has consumed.

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“Then I will pay back to you in full for the years

That the swarming locust has consumed,

The creeping H3218 locust H3218, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust,

My great military force which I sent among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:15

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There, fire will consume you;

The sword will cut you down;

It will consume you as the locust H3218 does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping H3218 locust H3218,

Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

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

The creeping H3218 locust H3218 [fn]strips and flies away.

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