Caterpillar:
the consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1Ki 8:37; 2Ch 6:28; Psa 78:46; Isa 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the locust in Deu 28:38. It may have been a species of locust, or the name of one of the transformations through which the locust passes, locust-grub. It is also found (Psa 105:34; Jer 51:14,27; R.V., "cankerworm") as the rendering of a different Hebrew word, yelek, a word elsewhere rendered "cankerworm" (q.v.), Joe 1:4; 2:25. (See LOCUST.)
Caterpillar:
The representative in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word chasil and yelek.
(1.) Chasil occurs in 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalm 78:46; Isaiah 33:4; Joel 1:4 and seems to be applied to a locust, perhaps in its larva state.
(2.) Yelek. SEE [LOCUST].
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