Bible Dictionaries
Cankerworm
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. 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 RSV "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." Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Cankerworm'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/cankerworm.html. 1897.