חָסִילchâçîyl
the ravager, i.e. a locust
Pronunciation: khaw-seel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2625
Meanings
a kind of locust (singular collective) always absolute ׳ ח, and always as destructive (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalms 78:46; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 2:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 8:37 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—
- 2 Chronicles 6:28 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—
- Psalms 78:46 He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts.
- Isaiah 33:4 Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines, so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
- Joel 1:4 After the cutting locusts finished eating the crops, the swarming locusts took what was left! After them came the hopping locusts, and then the stripping locusts, too!
- Joel 2:25 The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).