Yeleq יֶ֫לֶק
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| יֶ֫לֶק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yeleq |
| Strong's number | H3218 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | locust |
| Occurrences | 9 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Yeleq (Hebrew יֶ֫לֶק, Strong's H3218) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “locust”. It occurs 9 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) young locust (early stage of development)
1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cankerworm (6), caterpillers (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | young locust (3), locusts (2), young locusts (1), what the young locust (1), like a young locust (1), like the young locust (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yeleq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 105:34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:14The 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.The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
- Jeremiah 51:27Set 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.“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
Joel
- Joel 1:4That 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.What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Joel 2:25And 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.I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust— My great army that I sent against you.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:15There 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.There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!
- Nahum 3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).