Grace Team University sealGrace Team University
THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION — with Greek & Hebrew Lexicons and Commentary
Strong’s Hebrew

H1501 — gazam

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

← Back to the text
גָּזָם

gazam — pronounced gaw-zawm

from an unused root meaning to devour; a kind of locust:--palmer-worm.

3 occurrences in the KJV.

Joel 1:4

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Joel 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

← Back to the text