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Lexicon :: Strong's H402 - 'āḵlâ

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אָכְלָה
Transliteration
'āḵlâ
Pronunciation
ok-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 85b

Strong’s Definitions

אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H402 in the following manner: meat (8x), devour (3x), fuel (3x), eat (2x), consume (1x), food (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H402 in the following manner: meat (8x), devour (3x), fuel (3x), eat (2x), consume (1x), food (1x).

  1. food

    1. food, eating

    2. object of devouring, consuming

      1. by wild beasts (figurative)

      2. in fire

      3. of judgment (figurative)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
STRONGS H402: Abbreviations
אָכְלָה 17 noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare DrJPh xi. 217) only P, & Ezekiel; always לְאָכְלָה.
1. especially in phrase like לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ׳ Genesis 1:29; Genesis 6:21; Genesis 9:3; Leviticus 11:39; so Leviticus 25:6 וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָבְלָה compare נָתַן לְא׳ Genesis 1:30; Exodus 16:15.
2. devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 34:5, 8, 10; Ezekiel 39:4, compare Ezekiel 35:12.
3. consumimg, in fire Ezekiel 15:4, 6, of fire-sacrifice of children Ezekiel 23:37; figurative of judgment of י׳ Ezekiel 21:37; (compare also infinitive of אָכַל).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:29; 1:30; 6:21; 9:3

Exodus

16:15

Leviticus

11:39; 25:6

Ezekiel

15:4; 15:6; 23:37; 29:5; 34:5; 34:8; 34:10; 35:12; 39:4

H402

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H402 matches the Hebrew אָכְלָה ('āḵlâ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the [fn]surface of all the earth, and every tree [fn]which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food H402 for you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the [fn]sky and to every thing that [fn]moves on the earth [fn]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; H402 and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - “As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food H402 for you and for them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food H402 for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “[fn]What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. H402

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - ‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, H402 the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - ‘All of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; H402 yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - “Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the beasts of the field,
Bring them to devour!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - “[fn]If it has been put into the fire for fuel, H402 and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for [fn]anything?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, H402 so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:32 - ‘You will be [fn]fuel H402 for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - “For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to [fn]them as food. H402

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - “I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your [fn]rivers;
You will fall on the [fn]open field; you will not be brought together or [fn]gathered.
I have given you for food H402 to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - “They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food H402 for every beast of the field and were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food H402 for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My [fn]sheep [fn]from them and make them cease from feeding [fn]sheep. So the shepherds will not [fn]feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food H402 for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - “Then you will know [fn]that I, the LORD, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given to us for food.’ H402

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - “You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food H402 to every [fn]kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.
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