A well-known insect, which has a powerful sting. The Lord drove out many of the Canaanites before Israel by means of this insect, Ex 23:28De 7:20Jos 24:12. The Israelites, being in the sandy wilderness, would escape it. CompareFLY.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.