Strong's H5936 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עֲלוּקָה (ʻălûwqâh)

Pronunciation: al-oo-kaw'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck;

Definition: the leech

KJV Renderings: horse-leech.

Senses

1. leech

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.