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Lexicon :: Strong's H398 - 'āḵal

Aa
אָכַל
Transliteration
'āḵal
Pronunciation
aw-kal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 85

Strong’s Definitions

אָכַל ʼâkal, aw-kal'; a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):—× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 810x

The KJV translates Strong's H398 in the following manner: eat (604x), devour (111x), consume (32x), miscellaneous (55x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 810x
The KJV translates Strong's H398 in the following manner: eat (604x), devour (111x), consume (32x), miscellaneous (55x).
  1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to eat (human subject)

      2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

      3. to devour, consume (of fire)

      4. to devour, slay (of sword)

      5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

      6. to devour (of oppression)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be eaten (by men)

      2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

      3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

    3. (Pual)

      1. to cause to eat, feed with

      2. to cause to devour

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to feed

      2. to cause to eat

    5. (Piel)

      1. consume

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָכַל ʼâkal, aw-kal'; a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):—× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
STRONGS H398: Abbreviations
אָכַל 806 verb eat (Arabic أَكَلَ, Assyrian akâlu DlW, Aramaic H399 אֲבַל, LfkAe  ) —
Qal Perfect אָכַל Exodus 34:28 +; אָֽכְלָה Numbers 21:28 +; etc. Imperfect יֹאכַל Genesis 49:27 +; וַיּאֹ֫כַל Genesis 25:34 +; וַיּאֹכַ֑ל Genesis 3:6 +; יאֹכֵ֑ל Leviticus 21:22 +; אֹכַל Genesis 24:33 +; וָֽאֹכַ֫ל Genesis 27:33; וְאֹכֵ֑ל Isaiah 44:19; וָֽאֹכֵל Genesis 3:12, 13; 3rd person plural יאֹכְלוּ Genesis 32:33 +; יאֹכֵ֑לוּ Deuteronomy 18:18 +; etc. (for יוֺכְלוּ Ezekiel 42:5 read יוצלו, יאצלו Greek Version of the LXX Ew Co); suffix יאֹכְלֶנּוּ Leviticus 7:6 +; תּאֹבַלְכֶם Isaiah 33:11, etc., probably also תְּאָכְלֵהוּ Job 20:26, either as secondary form from תּאֹ׳ (Ew§ 253 Di) or textual error (Ges§ 68. 1) > Pi., Thes KöI, 389; or Po`el, Ki De MV; Imperative אֱכוֺל 1 Kings 18:41 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָכוֺל Genesis 2:16 +; construct אֲכֹל Numbers 26:10 + 2 times; לֶאֱכֹל Genesis 24:33 +; לְאָכְלָה Jeremiah 12:9; Participle אֹכֵל (אוֺכֵל) Genesis 39:6 +, אֹכֶלֶת Exodus 24:17 +, etc. —
1. eat, human subject Genesis 3:11, 18 + often; mostly with accusative Exodus 16:35 +; also followed by מִן־ (eat of, — some of, — or from) Exodus 34:15; Ruth 2:14 +; followed by בְּ (eat of or at) Exodus 12:43f; absolute Deuteronomy 2:6 +; as act of worship Genesis 31:54 (compare Genesis 46:1) Exodus 18:12; Exodus 24:11; Exodus 34:15; Deuteronomy 12:7, 18; Deuteronomy 14:23, 26 +; compare of priests Exodus 29:32; Leviticus 10:13 +; compare אָבַל אֶל־הֶהָרִים Ezekiel 18:6, 11, 15; Ezekiel 22:9 + Ezekiel 33:25 עַל־הַדָּם Co עַל־הֶהָרִים; (but RSRel. Semitic i. 324 N would emend first 4 by last); eat up, finish eating Genesis 43:2 (with בלה) 1 Kings 13:28 +; אָכַל לֶחֶם = take a meal Genesis 43:25; Exodus 2:20; 1 Samuel 20:24; Jeremiah 41:1 +; so א׳ alone Genesis 43:16; 1 Samuel 20:5 +; לֶחֶם א׳ = eat, get food Genesis 3:19; 2 Kings 4:8 +; Amos 7:12 (i.e. spend one's life) compare Ecclesiastes 5:16; ל׳ לֹא א׳ i.e. fast 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 30:12; Ezra 10:6 compare Daniel 10:3; figurative אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֺ א׳ Ecclesiastes 4:5 (i.e. waste away); eat words Jeremiah 15:16 (i.e. eagerly receive); of adultery, Proverbs 30:20 אָֽוֶן׃ לֹא־פָעַלְתִּי וְאָֽמְרָה פִּ֑יהָ וּמָֽחֲתָה אָֽכְלָה; eat (taste) good fortune, בַּטּוֺב א׳ Job 21:25; לְמִּי אָבְלוֺ according to his eating, i.e. according to his needs in eating Exodus 12:4; Exodus 16:16, 18 also Exodus 16:21; compare Job 20:21 & below אָכְלָה; אָכַל הַפְּרִי 2 Kings 19:29; Amos 9:14, of peaceful enjoyment of results of labour; figurative of receiving consequences of action, good or bad Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 18:21; Hosea 10:13 compare אֶת־כַּסְפֵּנוּ גַּם־אָכוֺל וַיּאֹכַל Genesis 31:15 i.e. he has reaped all the benefit, compare Hosea 7:9; figurative of mourner, אֵפֶר כַּלֶּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי Psalm 102:10 (compare Psalm 80:6 Hiph., & Assyrian akâl al âkul, bikîtum kurmatî = food I ate not, weeping (was) my refreshment HptASKT 166 f. Obsev. 1. 21, 22 ZimBP 34. 42); of gods, partaking of sacrifices Deuteronomy 32:38; figurative = destroy Deuteronomy 7:16 (compare Numbers 14:9); compare Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:16; Jeremiah 50:7; Hosea 7:7.
2. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour; Genesis 37:20, 33; Genesis 40:17, 19; 1 Kings 13:28; 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:23, 24; Hosea 2:14 +; specifically of locusts Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25; 2 Chronicles 7:13 compare Amos 4:9; moth Job 13:28; flies Psalm 78:45; worms Deuteronomy 28:39; also Ezekiel 19:3, 6 (of Israel under figure of lion), compare Jeremiah 50:7, 17; Jeremiah 51:34; also Hosea 13:8 (of י׳ under fig, of lion), Ezekiel 22:25 (נֶפֶשׁ אָכָ֑לוּ, of false prophets under figure of lion).
3. figurative of fire, devour, consume Leviticus 6:3 (followed by 2 accusative consume offering to ashes) Nahum 3:13; Isaiah 5:24 (in simile), particular of fire from י׳ Leviticus 10:2; Leviticus 16:25; Judges 9:15f 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Kings 1:10, 12, 14; 2 Chronicles 7:1; compare Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; Amos 2:2, 5; Amos 5:6 +; Deuteronomy 5:22 of fire at Sinai; of י׳ as fire (in judgment) Deuteronomy 4:24 אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא כִּי י׳; compare Deuteronomy 9:3; Isaiah 10:17 (|| בּער) Isaiah 30:27, 30; Isaiah 33:14 (|| מוֺקְדֵי עוֺלָם).
5. in general devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subject) of drought Genesis 31:40; of pestilence Ezekiel 7:15; of woods 2 Samuel 18:8; compare Leviticus 26:38 וְאָֽכְלָה אֶתְכֶם אֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶם; of הַבּשֶׁת Jeremiah 3:24 (see בּשֶׁת).
6. figurative of oppression, devour the poor, etc. Proverbs 30:14; Habakkuk 3:14 compare Psalm 14:4; of bitter enmity לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־בְּשָׂרִי Psalm 27:2. (compare Job 19:22).
Niph. Perfect וְנֶאֱבַל consecutive Exodus 22:5 Imperfect יֵאָכֵל Genesis 6:21 +; וַיֵּאָכֵ֫ל Numbers 12:12, etc.; Infinitive absolute הֵאָבֹל Leviticus 7:18; Leviticus 19:7; Participle feminine נֶאֱכֶ֫לֶת Leviticus 11:47; —
2. be devoured by fire, consumed Zephaniah 1:18; Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 9:4; Ezekiel 23:25.
3. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh Numbers 12:12; Jeremiah 30:16.
Pu. Perfect אֻכְּלוּ be consumed with fire Nehemiah 2:3, 13 compare Nahum 1:10 (figurative); so Participle אֻכָּל (= מְאֻכָּל Ew§ 169 d) Exodus 3:2; by sword Isaiah 1:20 תְּאֻכְּלוּ.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֶאֱכַלְתָּם Psalm 80:6, וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֫י Isaiah 49:26; suffix וְהַאֲכַלְתִּיךָ consecutive Isaiah 58:14; הֶאֱכַלְתִּיח Ezekiel 16:19; וְהַאֲכַלְתִּים consecutive Jeremiah 19:9; Imperfect suffix יַאֲכִלֵנוּ Numbers 11:4, 18, etc.; 2nd person masculine singular jussive [?] תַּאֲכֵל; 1st person singular אוֺכִיל Hosea 11:4; Imperative הַאֲכִילֵהוּ Proverbs 25:21, etc.; Infinitive לְהָכִיל Ezekiel 21:33 (but Co לההל, which see); Participle מַאֲבִיל Jeremiah 23:15, etc.; —
1. cause to eat, feed with, followed by 2 accusative subject mostly י׳; Exodus 16:32; Deuteronomy 8:3, 16; Ezekiel 3:2; Jeremiah 19:9; absolute Hosea 11:4; compare Numbers 11:4, 18; figurative Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 23:15; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 58:14; Ezekiel 16:19; also Psalm 80:6 הֶאֱבַלְתָּם לֶחֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה (compare Psalm 102:10 Qal above); followed by accusative of person + מן Psalm 81:17, but also subject man Proverbs 25:21; 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 18:26 וְהַאֲכִלֻהוּ לֶחֶם לַ֫חַץ of prison fare; followed by accusative of person only 2 Chronicles 28:15, compare Ezekiel 2:3.
2. cause to devour, object sword Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28] (but on text see Co).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:16; 3:6; 3:11; 3:12; 3:13; 3:18; 3:19; 6:21; 6:21; 24:33; 24:33; 25:34; 27:33; 31:15; 31:40; 31:54; 37:20; 37:33; 39:6; 40:17; 40:19; 43:2; 43:16; 43:25; 46:1; 49:27

Exodus

2:20; 3:2; 12:4; 12:16; 12:43; 12:46; 13:3; 13:7; 16:16; 16:18; 16:21; 16:32; 16:35; 18:12; 21:28; 22:5; 24:11; 24:17; 29:32; 29:34; 34:15; 34:15; 34:28

Leviticus

6:3; 6:9; 6:16; 6:19; 6:23; 7:6; 7:6; 7:15; 7:16; 7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 10:2; 10:13; 11:13; 11:34; 11:41; 11:47; 11:47; 16:25; 17:13; 19:6; 19:7; 19:7; 19:23; 21:22; 22:30; 26:38

Numbers

11:4; 11:4; 11:18; 11:18; 12:12; 12:12; 14:9; 21:28; 26:10

Deuteronomy

2:6; 4:24; 5:22; 7:16; 8:3; 8:16; 9:3; 12:7; 12:18; 12:22; 14:23; 14:26; 18:18; 28:39; 32:38; 32:42

Judges

9:15

Ruth

2:14

1 Samuel

20:5; 20:24; 28:20; 30:12

2 Samuel

11:25; 18:8; 18:8; 22:26

1 Kings

13:28; 13:28; 14:11; 16:4; 18:38; 18:41; 21:23; 21:24; 22:27

2 Kings

1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 4:8; 19:29

2 Chronicles

7:1; 7:13; 18:26; 28:15

Ezra

10:6

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:13

Job

6:6; 13:28; 19:22; 20:21; 20:26; 21:25

Psalms

14:4; 27:2; 78:45; 80:6; 80:6; 80:6; 102:10; 102:10

Proverbs

1:31; 18:21; 25:21; 25:21; 30:14; 30:20

Ecclesiastes

4:5; 5:16

Isaiah

1:7; 1:20; 5:24; 10:17; 30:27; 30:30; 33:11; 33:14; 44:19; 49:26; 49:26; 58:14; 58:14

Jeremiah

2:30; 3:24; 8:16; 9:14; 10:25; 12:9; 12:12; 15:16; 19:9; 19:9; 23:15; 23:15; 24:2; 24:3; 24:8; 29:17; 30:16; 30:16; 41:1; 50:7; 50:7; 50:17; 51:34

Ezekiel

2:3; 3:2; 7:15; 16:19; 16:19; 18:6; 18:11; 18:15; 19:3; 19:6; 21:28; 22:9; 22:25; 23:25; 33:25; 42:5; 45:21

Daniel

10:3

Hosea

2:14; 7:7; 7:9; 10:13; 11:4; 11:4; 11:6; 13:8

Joel

1:4; 2:25

Amos

1:4; 1:7; 1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 2:2; 2:5; 4:9; 5:6; 7:12; 9:14

Nahum

1:10; 3:13

Habakkuk

3:14

Zephaniah

1:18; 3:8

Zechariah

9:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H398 matches the Hebrew אָכַל ('āḵal),
which occurs 815 times in 703 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 15 (Psa 69:9–Isa 1:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; H398 and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - And had rained down manna upon them to eat, H398 and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Man did eat H398 angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - So they did eat, H398 and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 - He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; H398 and frogs, which destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63 - The fire consumed H398 their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured H398 Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - Thou feedest them H398 with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 - He should have fed them also H398 with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat H398 my bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - For I have eaten H398 ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - And did eat up H398 all the herbs in their land, and devoured H398 the fruit of their ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth H398 grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:28 - They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate H398 the sacrifices of the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat H398 the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:2 - For thou shalt eat H398 the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:31 - Therefore shall they eat H398 of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - A man shall eat H398 good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous eateth H398 to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat H398 the fruit thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat H398 and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:8 - The morsel which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 - My son, eat thou H398 honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16 - Hast thou found honey? eat H398 so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him H398 bread to eat; H398 and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:27 - It is not good to eat H398 much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat H398 the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour H398 the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and H398 the young eagles shall eat it. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, H398 and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27 - She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth H398 not the bread of idleness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat H398 and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:25 - For who can eat, H398 or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - And also that every man should eat H398 and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth H398 his own flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: H398 and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat H398 little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - All his days also he eateth H398 in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat H398 and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat H398 thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat H398 thereof, but a stranger eateth it: H398 this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, H398 and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go thy way, eat H398 thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:16 - Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat H398 in the morning!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:17 - Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat H398 in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat H398 his pleasant fruits.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten H398 my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, H398 O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour H398 it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat H398 the good of the land:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured H398 with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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