BEETLE ( chargôl ). In RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘cricket’ ( Leviticus 11:22 ), probably a grasshopper or locust. See Locust. E. W. G. Masterman.
Beetle, chargol. This name occurs but once in the list of insects which the Israelites were allowed to eat, and is generally held to be a species of locust. Lev. 11:22.