H2625 חָסִיל (châçîyl) khaw-seel'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

locust

Strong's Definition

the ravager, i.e. a locust

Derivation: from H2628 (חָסַל);

KJV Usage: caterpillar.

TWOT Reference: 701a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) locust

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָסִיל (cha.sil) — locust. locust

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חָסִיל (H2625)

noun m · חסל

Swarming Creatures | ≈ אַרְבֶּה · גֵּב · גָּזָם · יֶלֶק

young locust exact meaning unkown; probably: = juvenile form of locust

1KI 8:37 · 2CH 6:28 · PSA 78:46 · ISA 33:4 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 2:25

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָסִיל n.m. a kind of locust base

Bible Occurrences (6)

8:37

6:28

78:46

33:4

1:4 2:25

1 Kings 8:37

When famine [or] plague comes upon the land, [or] blight [or] mildew [or] locusts [or] grasshoppers, [or] when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague [or] sickness [may come],

2 Chronicles 6:28

When famine [or] plague comes upon the land, [or] blight [or] mildew [or] locusts [or] grasshoppers, [or] when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague [or] sickness [may come],

Isaiah 33:4

Your spoil, [O nations,] is gathered as by locusts...; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

Joel 1:4

What 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 2:25

I 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.