Quick Definition
leech
Strong's Definition
the leech
Derivation: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck;
KJV Usage: horse-leech.
TWOT Reference: 1636a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) leech
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלוּקָה (a.lu.qah) — leech. leech
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Swarming Creatures
Nile leech = a worm-like creature that lives in streams, swamps, or damp ground; its specialized mouth makes small cuts in the skin of its victims, which may be humans, animals, reptiles, or fish, after which it fastens itself firmly on to the surrounding skin and gorges itself on blood; ◄ Limnatis nilotica; ≈ associated with greed
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלוּקָה n.f. leech;—Pr 30:15. ref