Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʻălûwqâh

al-oo-kaw'

עֲלוּקָה

What it means

the leech

Where it comes from

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck

How the King James translates it

  • horseleach1

Every place it appears 1

Proverbs30:15
ʻălûwqâh — Hebrew word meaning “the leech”