- Original: ילק - Transliteration: Yekeq - Phonetic: yeh'-lek - Definition: 1. young locust (early stage of development) a. caterpillar (as devouring) - Origin: from an unused root meaning to lick up - TWOT entry: 870a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically the young locust: - cankerworm caterpillar. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • cankerworm, 6 Joel 1:4(2); Joel 2:25; Nahum 3:15(2); Nahum 3:16 • caterpillars, 3 Psalm 105:34; Jeremiah 51:14; Jeremiah 51:27