Strong's Lexicon

H2625

H2625 — חָסִיל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchaciylnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 701a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2625
Word:	חָסִיל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2628
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	chaciyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-seel'
Meaning:	1. the ravager, i.e. a locust
KJV Renderings:	caterpillar.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2977

חָסִיל noun masculine a kind of locust (singular collective) always absolute ׳ ח, and always as destructive; 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; Ps 78:46 (all || אַרְבֶּה), Josh 1:4; Josh 2:25 (|| יָ֑לֶק, אַרְבֶּה, גָּזָם); compare ׳ אֹסֶף הֶחָ Isa 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in simile of despoiling of Assyria (|| גֵּבִים ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חסיל (g’hah-seel’)

1 Kings 8:87

EHCC: if there be caterpiller ;

Psalms 78:46

KJV: He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

EHCC: their increase unio the caterpiller,

Isaiah 33:4

KJV: And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

EHCC: the gathering of the caterpiller :

Joel 1:4

KJV: 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.That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm

EHCC: 108 hath I retiree

Psalms 89:8

KJV: O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

EHCC: (9). who (is) a strong Lord like unto thee ?

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