TBESH · H3218
יֶ֫לֶק · ye.leq · locust
1) young locust (early stage of development) 1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
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ye.leq H3218
יֶ֫לֶק (ye.leq) means “locust” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יֶ֫לֶק Hebrew · H3218 9 tagged occurrences in 7 verses
Pronunciation guide: yeh'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV glosses: cankerworm, caterpillar.
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How translators render H3218
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the young locust | 3 |
| and what the young locust | 1 |
| as with locusts | 1 |
| like a young locust | 1 |
| like the young locust | 1 |
| locusts | 1 |
| young locusts | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the cankerworm | 2 |
| and caterpillers | 1 |
| and that which the cankerworm | 1 |
| as the cankerworm | 1 |
| as with caterpillers | 1 |
| caterpillers | 1 |
| hath the cankerworm | 1 |
| like the cankerworm | 1 |
Verses containing H3218
Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Psalms 105:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
Read word by word - Joel 1:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Joel 2:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nahum 3:15
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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!
Read word by word - Nahum 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
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