Leech
Leech
Leech. A leech may be described as a type of worm with suckers at each end of its body. One end also contains a mouth. Some species of this animal even have tiny teeth. Parasitic leeches attach themselves to a person or an animal, from which it sucks blood for nourishment. A leech of this type secretes chemicals which keep the blood flowing freely.
In primitive times, physicians used leeches to “bleed” a patient and purge his body of what was thought to be contaminated blood. But an untended leech could cause pain and damage. In his Proverbs, Solomon may have had the blood-sucking nature of this animal in mind when he spoke of the leech’s “two daughters” who cry “Give! Give!” (Pro 30:15).
Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible
Leech
SEE HORSE-LEECH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Leech
Leech occurs only in Pro 30:15. ‘The horse-leech’ is properly a species of leech discarded for medical purposes on account of the coarseness of its bite. The leech, as a symbol, in use among rulers of every class and in all ages, for avarice, rapine, plunder, rapacity, and even assiduity, is too well known to need illustration.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Leech
Leech. See Horse-Leech.