Bible Dictionary
SAND FLIES
Sand flies are identified in some translations with the small insects called lice or gnats in Exodus 8:16. The precise identification of the biblical insect is uncertain.
Definition
Sand flies is a designation associated with the small insects rendered “lice” in English versions. The precise identification of the Hebrew term is not established in the supplied material.
Biblical Usage
The term is connected with the insects in the account of the plague of lice in Exodus 8:16, where the margin gives “sand flies.”
Historical Background
The Hebrew word kinnim is also represented in the margin of the Apocryphal book Wisdom. The entry directs comparison with discussions of fleas, gnats, insects, and lice.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>sand'-fliz (kinnim (Ex 8:16 margin; /RAPC Wis 19:10 margin)): English Versions of the Bible "lice."</p><p>See FLEA; GNAT; INSECTS; LICE.</p>