1. destroying locust — A species of locust (collective singular chasil), consistently portrayed as an agent of agricultural devastation; the word appears exclusively in contexts of plague, crop destruction, and divine judgment, paralleling other locust terms (yeleq, arbeh, gazam); identified variously as the caterpillar or consuming locust stage (1 Kgs 8:37; 2 Chr 6:28; Ps 78:46; Isa 33:4; Joel 1:4; 2:25). 6×
AR["الجَرادُ-المُتْلِفُ","الْجَرَادِ","جُنْدُبٌ","لِلْجَرَادِ","وَ-الجَرادُ-المُتْلِفُ","وَ-زَحَّافٌ"]·ben["এবং-টিড্ডি","ও-ফড়িঙ","টিড্ডি","পতঙ্গের-কাছে","ফড়িঙের"]·DE["[החסיל]","[והחסיל]","[וחסיל]","caterpillar","zu-der-Heuschrecke"]·EN["and-caterpillar","and-the-destroying-locust","caterpillar","of-the-locust","the-destroying-locust","to-the-locust"]·FR["[החסיל]","[וחסיל]","caterpillar","et-ver","ver","à-sauterelle"]·heb["ה-חסיל","ו-ה-חסיל","ו-חסיל","חסיל","ל-חסיל"]·HI["और-कटिया","और-कीड़े-ने","कीड़े-ने।","टिड्डा","टिड्डे-का","टिड्डों-को"]·ID["belalang","belalang-lompat","belalang-penghancur.","dan-belalang-pelahap","dan-belalang-penghancur","kepada-belalang"]·IT["[החסיל]","[וחסיל]","a-locusta","bruco","e-bruco"]·jav["coro","dhateng-walang","lan-uler","lan-walang-keket","walang","walang-keket"]·KO["그-메뚜기의","그-황충-이","그리고-그-황충-과","그리고-황충","메두기-에게","황충이"]·PT["ao-gafanhoto","e-larva","e-o-destruidor","lagarta","o-destruidor","o-gafanhoto"]·RU["гусеница","и-гусеница","и-истребитель","истребитель","саранче","саранчи"]·ES["al-saltamontes","el-destructor","la-oruga","o-pulgon","saltamontes","y-el-destructor"]·SW["adui-yake","kwa-nzige","kwa-tunutu","na-nzige-wateketezao","na-tunutu","nzige-wateketezao"]·TR["cekirgenin","kurt","tırtıla","ve-tırtıl","ve-yok-edici-çekirge","yok-edici-çekirge"]·urd["اور-ٹڈیاں","اور-کاٹنے-والی-ٹڈی-نے","لِ-ٹڈّی","ٹڈی-کا","کاٹنے-والی-ٹڈی-نے","کیڑا"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָסִיל n.m. a kind of locust (sg. coll.), always abs. ח׳, and always as destructive; 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 ψ 78:46 (all ‖ אַרְבֶּה), Jo 1:4; 2:25 (‖ יָ֑לֶק, אַרְבֶּה, גָּוָם); cf. אֹסֶף הֶחָ׳ Is 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in sim. of despoiling of Assyria (‖ גֵּבִים).