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Lexicon :: Strong's H3978 - ma'ăḵāl

Aa
מַאֲכָל
Transliteration
ma'ăḵāl
Pronunciation
mah-ak-awl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 85d

Strong’s Definitions

מַאֲכָל maʼăkâl, mah-ak-awl'; from H398; an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit):—food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3978 in the following manner: meat (22x), food (5x), fruit (1x), manner (1x), victual (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3978 in the following manner: meat (22x), food (5x), fruit (1x), manner (1x), victual (1x).

  1. food, fruit, meat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאֲכָל maʼăkâl, mah-ak-awl'; from H398; an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit):—food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.
STRONGS H3978: Abbreviations
† מַאֲכָל 30 noun masculineJudges 14:14 (feminine Habakkuk 1:16) food — מ׳ Genesis 2:9 + 21 times; construct מַאֲכַל Genesis 40:7 + 3 times; suffix מַאֲכָֽלְךָ Ezekiel 4:10; מַאֲכָלוֺ Habakkuk 1:16; מַאֲכָלָהּ Proverbs 6:8; מַאֲכַלְכֶם Daniel 1:10 — food, in general. Genesis 6:21; 1 Kings 10:5 2 Chronicles 9:4; Haggai 2:12; opposed to drink Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 11:11; Daniel 1:10; מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה Job 33:20; figurative of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Habakkuk 1:16; applied to fruit Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:6 (of tree טוֺב לְמ׳) compare עֵץמֿ׳ Leviticus 19:23; Deuteronomy 20:20; Nehemiah 9:25; Ezekiel 47:12 (twice in verse); applied to דָּגָן Isaiah 62:8; applied to honey Judges 14:14; to flour 1 Chronicles 12:41 where apposition קֶמַח; to food of ants Proverbs 6:8 (|| לֶחֶם); to baker's work Genesis 40:17 compare Ezekiel 4:10; applied to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Deuteronomy 28:26; Psalm 79:2; compare Psalm 44:12 (צאֹן מ׳, simile of suffering people) Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; Psalm 74:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:9; 2:9; 3:6; 6:21; 40:7; 40:17

Leviticus

19:23

Deuteronomy

20:20; 28:26

Judges

14:14; 14:14

1 Kings

10:5

2 Chronicles

9:4; 11:11

Ezra

3:7

Nehemiah

9:25

Job

33:20

Psalms

44:12; 74:14; 79:2

Proverbs

6:8; 6:8

Isaiah

62:8

Jeremiah

7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20

Ezekiel

4:10; 4:10; 47:12

Daniel

1:10; 1:10

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16; 1:16

Haggai

2:12

H3978

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3978 matches the Hebrew מַאֲכָל (ma'ăḵāl),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - Out of the ground H127 the LORD H3068 God H430 caused every H3605 tree H6086 to grow H6779 that is pleasing H2530 to the sight H4758 and good H2896 for food H3978; the tree H6086 of life H2416 was also in the midst H8432 of the garden H1588, and the tree H6086 of the knowledge H1847 of good H2896 and evil H7451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - When the woman H802 saw H7200 that the tree H6086 was good H2896 for food H3978, and that it was a delight H8378 to the eyes H5869, and that the tree H6086 was desirable H2530 to make H7919 one wise H7919, she took H3947 some H4480 of its fruit H6529 and ate H398; and she also H1571 gave H5414 some to her husband H376 with her, and he ate H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - “As for you, take H3947 for yourself some H4480 of every H3605 food H3978 that is edible H398, and gather H622 it to yourself; and it shall be food H402 for you and them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top H5945 basket H5536 there were some H4480 of all H3605 [fn]kinds of baked H644 food H3978 for Pharaoh H6547, and the birds H5775 were eating H398 them out of the basket H5536 on my head H7218.”

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‘Now when H3588 you enter H935 the land H776 and plant H5193 all H3605 kinds of trees H6086 for food H3978, then you shall count H6188 their fruit H6529 as [fn]forbidden H6190. For three H7969 years H8141 it shall be [fn]forbidden H6189 to you; it shall not be eaten H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - “Only H7534 the trees H6086 that you know H3045 [fn]are not fruit H3978 trees H6086 you shall destroy H7843 and cut H3772 down H3772, so that you may construct H1129 siegeworks H4692 against H5921 the city H5892 that is making H6213 war H4421 against H5973 you until H5704 it falls H3381.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “Your dead H5038 bodies H5038 will [fn]serve as food H3978 for all H3605 birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the animals H929 of the earth H776, and there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 one H369 to frighten H2729 them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said H559 to them,

“Out H3318 of the eater H398 came H3318 something H3978 to H3978 eat H3978,

And out H3318 of the strong H5794 came H3318 something H4966 sweet H4966.”

But they could H3201 not tell H5046 the answer to the riddle H2420 in three H7969 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the food H3978 of his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the service H4612 of his waiters H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945, and his burnt H5930 offerings H5930 which H834 he offered H5927 at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, [fn]she was breathless H3808 H5750 H7307.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover, those who were near H7138 to them, as far H5704 as Issachar H3485, Zebulun H2074, and Naphtali H5321, brought H935 food H3899 on donkeys H2543, camels H1581, mules H6505, and on oxen H1241, great H7230 quantities H7230 of flour H7058 cakes H7058, fig H1690 cakes H1690 and bunches H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, wine H3196, oil H8081, oxen H1241, and sheep H6629. There was joy H8057 indeed H3588 in Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food H3978 at his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the attendance H4612 of his ministers H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945 and their attire H4403, and [fn]his stairway H5930 by which H834 he went H5927 up H5927 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, she was breathless H3808 H7307.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He also strengthened H2388 the fortresses H4694 and put H5414 officers H5057 in them and supplies H214 of food H3978, oil H8081, and wine H3196.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave H5414 money H3701 to the masons H2672 and carpenters H2796, and food H3978, drink H4960, and oil H8081 to the Sidonians H6722 and the Tyrians H6876 to bring H935 cedar H730 wood H6086 from Lebanon H3844 to the sea H3220 at Joppa H3305, according to the permission H7558 they had [fn]from Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured H3920 fortified H1219 cities H5892 and a [fn]fertile H8082 land H127.

They took H3423 possession H3423 of houses H1004 full H4392 of every H3605 good H2898 thing H2898,

Carved H2672 out H2672 cisterns H953, vineyards H3754, olive H2132 groves H2132,

Fruit H3978 trees H6086 in abundance H7230.

So they ate H398, were filled H7646 and put H8080 on H8080 fat H8080,

And lived H5727 luxuriously H5727 in Your great H1419 goodness H2898.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -

So that his life H2416 loathes H2092 bread H3899,

And his soul H5315, food H3978 [fn]that he should crave H8378.

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You turn H5414 us over H5414 [fn]to be eaten H3978 like sheep H6629,

And have scattered H2219 us among the nations H1471.

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[fn]You crushed H7533 the heads H7218 of [fn]Leviathan H3882;

You gave H5414 him as food H3978 for the [fn]creatures H5971 of the wilderness H6728.

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They have given H5414 the dead H5038 bodies H5038 of Your servants H5650 to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 as food H3978,

The flesh H1320 of Your godly H2623 ones H2623 to the animals H2416 of the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 -

Prepares H3559 its food H3899 in the summer H7019

And gathers H103 its provision H3978 in H103 the harvest H7105.

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The LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 by His right H3225 hand H3225 and by His mighty H5797 arm H2220:

“I will never H518 again H5750 give H5414 your grain H1715 as food H3978 for your enemies H340,

Nor H518 will [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 drink H8354 your new H8492 wine H8492 for which H834 you have labored H3021.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “The dead H5038 bodies H5038 of this H2088 people H5971 will be food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the animals H929 of the earth H776; and no H369 one H369 will frighten H2729 them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die H4191 of deadly H4463 diseases H8463, they will not be mourned H5594 or buried H6912; they will be like dung H1828 on the surface H6440 of the ground H127. And they will perish H3615 by sword H2719 and famine H7458, and their dead H5038 bodies H5038 will become H1961 food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the animals H929 of the earth H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “And I will frustrate H1238 the planning H6098 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 in this H2088 place H4725, and I will make them fall H5307 by the sword H2719 before H6440 their enemies H340 and by the hand H3027 of those who seek H1245 their life H5315; and I will make H5414 their carcasses H5038 food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the animals H929 of the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to their enemies H340 and to those who seek H1245 their lives H5315. And their dead H5038 bodies H5038 will be food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the animals H929 of the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - “Your food H3978 which H834 you eat H398 shall be twenty H6242 shekels H8255 a day H3117 by weight H4946; you shall eat H398 it from time H6256 to time H6256.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “And by the river H5158 on its bank H8193, on one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088, will grow H5927 all H3605 kinds of trees H6086 for food H3978. Their leaves H5929 will not wither H5034 and their fruit H6529 will not fail H8552. They will bear H1069 fruit H1069 every month H2320 because H3588 their water H4325 flows H3318 from the sanctuary H4720, and their fruit H6529 will be for food H3978 and their leaves H5929 for healing H8644.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - The commander H8269 of the officials H5631 said H559 to Daniel H1840, “I am afraid H3372 of my lord H113 the king H4428, who H834 has allotted H4487 your food H3978 and your drink H4960; for why H4100 should he see H7200 your faces H6440 looking H2196 gaunt H2196 in H4480 comparison H4480 to H4480 the youths H3206 who H834 are your own age H1524? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit H2325 my head H7218 to the king H4428.”

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Therefore H5921 H3651 they offer H2076 a H2076 sacrifice H2076 to their net H2764

And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 to their fishing H4365 net H4365,

Because H3588 through these H1992 things H1992 their [fn]catch H2506 is [fn]large H8082,

And their food H3978 is [fn]plentiful H1277.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - ‘If H2005 someone H376 carries H5375 holy H6944 meat H1320 in the [fn]fold H3671 of his garment H899, and touches H5060 bread H3899 with [fn]this fold H3671, or touches cooked H5138 food H5138, wine H3196, oil H8081, or any H3605 other food H3978, will it become H6942 holy H6942?’” And the priests H3548 answered H6030, “No H3808.”
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