Cankerworm
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Cankerworm

[LOCUST]

Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Hebrews 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 Psalm 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."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.
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

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

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

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

Our Expectation
... yet. Worldliness has gone a long way to destroy the church of God. I judge
it to be the worst cankerworm that assails us. Persons ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/our expectation.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off,... make thyself
many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

The Second vision "On Earth"
Commentary on Revelation. <. ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the second vision on earth.htm

Thesaurus
Cankerworm (7 Occurrences)
... "It spoileth and fleeth away" (Nahum 3:16), or as some read the passage, "The
cankerworm putteth off [ie, the envelope of its wings], and fleeth away.". ...
/c/cankerworm.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...
/l/locusts.htm - 16k

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 ...
/p/palmerworm.htm - 8k

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)
... It is also found (Psalm 105:34; Jeremiah 51:14, 27; RV, "cankerworm") as the rendering
of a different Hebrew word, yelek, a word elsewhere rendered "cankerworm...
/c/caterpillar.htm - 10k

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

Worm (22 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 ...
/w/worm.htm - 21k

Canker-worm (7 Occurrences)
Canker-worm. Cankerworm, Canker-worm. Canneh . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CANKER-WORM. ... (ASV JPS WBS). Cankerworm, Canker-worm. Canneh . Reference ...
/c/canker-worm.htm - 9k

Innumerable (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). Psalms 105:34 He hath said, and the locust
cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable, (YLT). Jeremiah ...
/i/innumerable.htm - 10k

Infant (14 Occurrences)
... it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint
against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm...
/i/infant.htm - 12k

Insects (17 Occurrences)
... including the marginal notes, we find at least 23 names of insects or words referring
to them: ant, bald locust, bee, beetle, cankerworm, caterpillar, creeping ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Cankerworm (7 Occurrences)

Psalms 105:34
He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;
(DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 51:14
Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee 'with' men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee -- shouting.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 51:27
Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
(YLT)

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 cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
(KJV DBY YLT)

Joel 2:25
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.
(KJV DBY YLT)

Nahum 3:15
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.
(KJV DBY YLT)

Nahum 3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
(KJV DBY YLT)

Subtopics

Cankerworm

Cankerworm: Sent As a Judgment

Related Terms

Locusts (33 Occurrences)

Palmerworm (2 Occurrences)

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)

Caterpiller (4 Occurrences)

Worm (22 Occurrences)

Canker-worm (7 Occurrences)

Innumerable (12 Occurrences)

Infant (14 Occurrences)

Insects (17 Occurrences)

Flieth (12 Occurrences)

Recompensed (20 Occurrences)

Cankered (1 Occurrence)

Ash'kenaz (3 Occurrences)

Spoileth (6 Occurrences)

Signal (18 Occurrences)

Ensign (21 Occurrences)

Shouts (34 Occurrences)

Fleeth (54 Occurrences)

Stripped (62 Occurrences)

Shouting (83 Occurrences)

Sanctify (91 Occurrences)

Multiply (98 Occurrences)

Ascend (86 Occurrences)

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