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Canker-Worm

In our English Bible, put where the Hebrew means a species of locust, Joel 1:4 Nahum 3:15,16.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CANKER-WORM

kan'-ker-wurm (yeleq, (Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25 Nahum 3:15, 16)): The name given to a larval stage of the LOCUST (which see).

See also CATERPILLAR.

Strong's Hebrew

3218. yeleq -- (a kind of) locust
... cankerworm, caterpillar. From an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer;
specifically, the young locust -- cankerworm, caterpillar. 3217, 3218. ...
/hebrew/3218.htm - 6k

Library

December 16. "I Will Restore to You the Years that the Locust Hath ...
... DECEMBER 16. "I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker
worm and the caterpillar and the palmer worm, my great army, which I sent ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /december 16 i will restore.htm

Nahum's Doom of Nineveh
... It shall devour thee like the cankerworm: Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make
thyself many as the locust; Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/xi nahums doom of nineveh.htm

Joel's Rhapsody of the Locust Plague
... 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 ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/joels rhapsody of the locust.htm

The Locust-Swarms
... What the palmer worm had left, the locust had eaten; what the locust had left, the
cankerworm had eaten; and what the cankerworm had left, the caterpillar had ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xx the locust-swarms.htm

The Answer that Without God's Help not Only Perfect Chastity but ...
... in undertakings, still a man must pray lest there come to him, as Scripture says,
"a heaven of brass and an earth of iron," and "the cankerworm eat what the ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter iii the answer that.htm

Arian Statements.
... willed them to come into being.' Moreover they say also, that Christ is not the
natural and true power of God; but as the locust and the cankerworm are called ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/2 arian statements.htm

The Eternity of Heaven's Happiness.
... if such a revelation were made to the blessed, they would again sorrow and mourn:
the tears would again flow from their eyes, because the canker-worm that eats ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter xxi the eternity of.htm

Prayer and Trouble
... God even claims the locusts, the cankerworm, the caterpillar are His servants,
"My great army," used by Him to correct His people and discipline them. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bounds/the essentials of prayer/v prayer and trouble.htm

Confutation of Arianism Deduced from the Writings of Eustathius ...
... live [353] :' there are, also, they said, many powers; for it is written"All the
power of God went out of the land of Egypt [354] .' The canker-worm and the ...
/.../chapter vii confutation of arianism deduced.htm

The Last Farewell in the Presence of the one Hundred and Fifty ...
... [4303] That which the palmerworm left did the locust eat, and that which the locust
left did the caterpillar eat: then came the cankerworm, [4304] then, what ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xlii the last farewell.htm

Thesaurus

Cankerworm (7 Occurrences)
... Psalm 105:34; Jeremiah 51:14, 17 (but RV "canker-worm"). "It spoileth and fleeth
away" (Nahum 3:16), or as some read the passage, "The cankerworm putteth off ...
/c/cankerworm.htm - 10k

Canker-worm (7 Occurrences)
Canker-worm. Cankerworm, Canker-worm. Canneh . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CANKER-WORM. ... (ASV JPS WBS). Cankerworm, Canker-worm. Canneh . Reference ...
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Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)
... Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm ... Jeremiah
51:14, 27 the King James Version; elsewhere "canker-worm")): A name ...
/c/caterpillar.htm - 10k

Locusts (33 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:4 What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left
of the locust, Eaten hath the cankerworm, And what is left of the cankerworm...
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Insects (17 Occurrences)
... to them: ant, bald locust, bee, beetle, cankerworm, caterpillar, creeping ... Bald locust,
beetle, canker-worm, cricket, and palmerworm probably all denote various ...
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Palmerworm (2 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:4 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 ...
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Palmer-worm (2 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which
the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker...
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Caterpiller (4 Occurrences)
... (KJV). Joel 1:4 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 ...
/c/caterpiller.htm - 7k

Locust (25 Occurrences)
... Yeleq (Psalm 105:34 Jeremiah 51:14, 27 Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25 Nahum 3:15, 16) is
everywhere "canker-worm" in the Revised Version (British and American), except in ...
/l/locust.htm - 34k

Worm (22 Occurrences)
... saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with the cankerworm; and they ... the locust
eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and ...
/w/worm.htm - 21k

Bible Concordance

Canker-worm (7 Occurrences)

Psalms 105:34 He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 51:14 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself,'saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
(ASV JPS)

Jeremiah 51:27 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 Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
(ASV JPS)

Joel 1:4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
(ASV JPS WBS)

Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
(ASV JPS WBS)

Nahum 3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.
(ASV JPS WBS)

Nahum 3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
(ASV JPS WBS)

Subtopics

Canker-Worm

Related Terms

Canker-worm (7 Occurrences)

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)

Locusts (33 Occurrences)

Insects (17 Occurrences)

Palmerworm (2 Occurrences)

Palmer-worm (2 Occurrences)

Caterpiller (4 Occurrences)

Locust (25 Occurrences)