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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Pests throughout the East

(1 Sam. 24:14; 26:20¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. (1 Samuel 24:14)
²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Samuel 26:20)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The well-known small insect, to which David compared himself when being hunted by Saul (1 Sam. 24:14¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. (1 Samuel 24:14); 1 Sam. 26:20²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Samuel 26:20)).

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6550 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

par`osh

Phonic:

par-oshe’

Meaning:

probably from 6544 and 6211; a flea (as the isolated insect)

KJV Usage:

flea