Occurs only in Proverbs 30:15 (Hebrews `alukah); the generic name for any blood-sucking annelid. There are various species in the marshes and pools of Palestine. That here referred to, the Hoemopis, is remarkable for the coarseness of its bite, and is therefore not used for medical purposes. They are spoken of in the East with feelings of aversion and horror, because of their propensity to fasten on the tongue and nostrils of horses when they come to drink out of the pools. The medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), besides other species of leeches, are common in the waters of Syria. 1. (n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

2. (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

5936. aluqah -- a leech
... horse-leech. Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck; the
leech -- horse-leech. 5935, 5936. aluqah. 5937 . Strong's Numbers.
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The Tenth Commandment
... defines covetousness Plus velle quam sat est; to desire more than enough;' to aim
at a great estate; to be like the daughter of the horse-leech, crying, Give ...
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Of the Term "Enigma," and of Tropical Modes of Speech.
... for here the meaning is patent to all but the very dull; but an enigma is, to explain
it briefly, an obscure allegory, as, eg, "The horseleech had three ...
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The Bliss of the Glorified
... It is as insatiable as the horse-leech, and for ever cries, "Give, give!" But such
hunger was never known in heaven, and never can be, for they are satisfied ...
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A Message from God for Thee
... Like the horse-leech it saith""Give, give, give." Until you can offer to God
a full satisfaction, you cannot give the conscience a quietus. ...
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The Bed and Its Covering
... yourself. If you have fixed your affection on the things of this world,
that affection is like a horse-leech; it cries, "Give! give ...
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On Proverbs. From the Commentary of St. Hippolytus on Proverbs.
... latter. [1241] As to the horse-leech. There were three daughters fondly
loved by sin"fornication, murder, [1242] and idolatry. ...
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A Preacher from the Dead
... It is like the horse-leech; it crieth, "Give, give!" Prove a point to an infidel,
and he wants it proved again; let it be as clear as noon day to him from the ...
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The Shortest of the Seven Cries
... The mind of man is like the daughters of the horseleech, which cry for ever, "Give,
give." Metaphorically understood, thirst is dissatisfaction, the craving of ...
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The Way to God
... Conscience is like the horse-leech"it always cries, "Give, give, give." Conscience
is never satisfied with the best works that we can do; it always wants more ...
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Contentment
... But yet so it is; men with vast estates, which they are scarcely able to ride over,
may have that old horse-leech in their hearts, which always cries, "Give ...
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Horseleech (1 Occurrence)
... Syria. Multi-Version Concordance Horseleech (1 Occurrence). Proverbs
30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. ...
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Horse-leech (1 Occurrence)
Horse-leech. Horseleech, Horse-leech. Horseman . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Horseleech, Horse-leech. Horseman . Reference Bible.
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Horseleach (1 Occurrence)
... leech"): The word occurs only once, in Proverbs 30:15, the Revised Version margin
"vampire." In Arabic `alaqah is a leech of any kind, not only a horse-leech. ...
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Horseman (13 Occurrences)

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Leech (1 Occurrence)
... Proverbs 30:15 The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three
things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough': (Root in JPS ...
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Nightmonster
... We do not hesitate on the basis of the evidence to erase "Alukah" (Proverbs 30:15,
the Revised Version (British and American) "horse-leech," by some translated ...
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Night-monster
... We do not hesitate on the basis of the evidence to erase "Alukah" (Proverbs 30:15,
the Revised Version (British and American) "horse-leech," by some translated ...
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