Strong's H5936
עֲלוּקָה
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
the leech
Derivation
feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, עֲלוּקָה is translated as: horse-leech..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.