Psalms 105:34Mapped KJV word: caterpillers
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleיֶלֶק
H3218 · yeleq · yeh'-lek · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV usage
cankerworm, caterpillar.
9mapped occurrences
7verses
2KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
cankerworm 6caterpillers 3
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Mapped occurrences
Jeremiah 51:14Mapped KJV word: caterpillers
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 51:27Mapped KJV word: caterpillers
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 1:4Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
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 1:4Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
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 2:25Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
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 3:15Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
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 3:15Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
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 3:16Mapped KJV word: cankerworm
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.