- Original: סלעם - Transliteration: Col`am - Phonetic: sol-awm' - Definition: 1. locust a. an edible winged locust - Origin: apparently from the same as H5553 in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming - TWOT entry: 1509 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Apparently from the same as H5553 in the sense of crushing as with a rock that is consuming; a kind of locust (from its destructiveness): - bald locust. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • locust, 1 Leviticus 11:22