H3218 Hebrew

יֶלֶק

yeleq (yeh'-lek)
a devourer; specifically, the young locust

KJV Translations of H3218

cankerworm, caterpillar.

Word Origin & Derivation

from an unused root meaning to lick up;

H3218 in the King James Bible

7 verses
Jeremiah 51:14 כַּיֶּ֔לֶק

The 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.

Jeremiah 51:27 כְּיֶ֥לֶק

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 הַיֶּ֔לֶק

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 הַיֶּ֖לֶק

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 כַּיֶּ֔לֶק

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 יֶ֥לֶק

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

Psalms 105:34 וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,