Cankerworm
Bible Usage:
- cankerworm used 6 times.
- First Reference: Joel 1:4
- Last Reference: Nahum 3:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3218 Used 6 times
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cankerworm
(Heb. yelek), "the licking locust," which licks up the grass of the field; probably the locust at a certain stage of its growth, just as it emerges from the caterpillar state (Joel 1:4; 2:25). The word is rendered "caterpillar" in Psalms 105:34; Jeremiah 51:14, 17 (but R.V. "canker-worm"). "It spoileth and fleeth away" (Nahum 3:16), or as some read the passage, "The cankerworm putteth off [i.e., the envelope of its wings], and fleeth away."
Naves Topical Index
Cankerworm
Sent as a judgment
Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25; Nahum 3:15-16
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cankerworm
[LOCUST]