Strong's Hebrew · H3218
יֶלֶק
yeleq · yeh'-lek
Definitiona devourer; specifically, the young locust
Derivationfrom an unused root meaning to lick up;
KJV usagecankerworm, caterpillar.
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 7 verses
יֶלֶק in Scripture
Psalms 105:34
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying , Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
Jeremiah 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.
Joel 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.
Joel 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.
Nahum 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.
Nahum 3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.