King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2625
Transliteration: chasil
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-seel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (a kind of) locust
Meaning: the ravager, a locust
Word Summary
chasil: (a kind of) locust
Original Word: חָסִילTransliteration: chasil
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-seel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (a kind of) locust
Meaning: the ravager, a locust
Strong's Concordance
caterpillar From chacal; the ravager, i.e. A locust -- caterpillar.
see HEBREW chacal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2625. chasil
חָסִיל noun masculine a kind of locust (singular collective) always absolute ׳ח, and always as destructive; 1 Kings 8:37 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalm 78:46 (all "" אַרְבֶּה), Joshua 1:4; Joshua 2:25 ("" גָּזָם אַרְבֶּה, יָ֑לֶק,); compare הֶחָ ׳אֹסֶף Isaiah 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in simile of despoiling of Assyria ("" גֵּבִים).