Definition
from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust
Traditional renderings: cankerworm, caterpillar.
Traditional renderings: cankerworm, caterpillar.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יֶ֫לֶק:
- ἀκρίςakris“locust”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Psalm 105:34וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק · young locustsHe spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
- Jeremiah 51:14כַּיֶּ֔לֶק · as with locustsThe 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:27כְּיֶ֥לֶק · locusts“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.
- Joel 1:4הַיָּ֑לֶק · the young locust; הַיֶּ֔לֶק · and what the young locustWhat 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.
- Joel 2:25הַיֶּ֖לֶק · the young locustI 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.
- Nahum 3:15כַּיָּ֑לֶק · like a young locust; כַּיֶּ֔לֶק · like the young locustThere 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!
- Nahum 3:16יֶ֥לֶק · The young locustYou have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.