Caterpiller

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Caterpiller [1]

The word chasil signifies 'devourer,' hence the name of a species of locust.   1 Kings 8:37;  2 Chronicles 6:28;  Psalm 78:46;  Isaiah 33:4;  Joel 1:4;  Joel 2:25 . In  Psalm 105:34;  Jeremiah 51:14,27 the word is yeleq, and is elsewhere translated Cankerworm, q.v.

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