Word Study · Strong's H3218 · Hebrew
יֶלֶק
yeleq
yeh'-lek
“a devourer”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
Rendered in the KJV as
cankerworm, caterpillar.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- כַּיֶּ֔לֶק2
- הַיֶּ֔לֶק1
- הַיֶּ֖לֶק1
- הַיָּ֑לֶק1
- וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק1
- יֶ֥לֶק1
- כְּיֶ֥לֶק1
- כַּיָּ֑לֶק1
How it is rendered · 5
- like the locust3
- the locust[s]3
- a locust1
- and locust[s]1
- like a locust1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
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- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Joel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms1 occurrence
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 51:14כַּיֶּ֔לֶקkaiyelekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe 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.”here: like the locust
- Jeremiah 51:27כְּיֶ֥לֶקkeyelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular“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.here: like a locust
Joel3 occurrences
- Joel 1:4הַיָּ֑לֶקhaiyalekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhat 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.here: the locust[s]
- Joel 1:4הַיֶּ֔לֶקhaiyelekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhat 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.here: the locust[s]
- Joel 2:25הַיֶּ֖לֶקhaiyelekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI 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.here: the locust[s]
Nahum3 occurrences
- Nahum 3:15כַּיָּ֑לֶקkaiyalekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThere 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!here: like the locust
- Nahum 3:15כַּיֶּ֔לֶקkaiyelekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThere 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!here: like the locust
- Nahum 3:16יֶ֥לֶקyeleknoun · masculine singularYou have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.here: a locust