BEETLE

In Le 11:22, a species of locust.

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Beetle. Beetle
(Heb. hargol, meaning “leaper”). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, “which has legs above its feet, to leap withal.” The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). This has been an article of food from the earliest times in the East to the present day. The word is rendered “cricket” in the Revised Version.

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BEETLE. → Authorized as food Le 11:22

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[LOCUST]

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beetle. Beetle, n. a large heavy mallet, rammer, insect

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Bee″tle (bē″t'l), n. [[OE. betel, AS. bītl, b�tl, mallet, hammer, fr. beátan to beat. See Beat, v. t.]] 1. 1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
2. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; — called also beetling machine. Knight.