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Lexicon :: Strong's H402 - 'āḵlâ

Aa
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 BoxGen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God H430 said H559, “Behold H2009, I have given H5414 you every H3605 plant H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233 that is on the [fn]surface H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776, and every H3605 tree H6086 [fn]which H834 has fruit H6529 yielding H2232 seed H2233; it shall be food H402 for you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the earth H776 and to every H3605 bird H5775 of the sky H8064 and to everything H3605 that [fn]moves H7430 on the earth H776 [fn]which H834 has life H5315 H2416, I have given every H3605 green H3418 plant H6212 for food H402”; and it was so H3651.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21

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 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - “Every H3605 moving H7431 thing H7431 that is alive H2416 shall be food H402 for you; I have given H5414 everything H3605 to you, as I gave the green H3418 plant H6212.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - When the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 it, they said H559 to one H376 another H251, “[fn]What H4478 is it?” For they did not know H3045 what H4100 it was. And Moses H4872 said H559 to them, “It is the bread H3899 which H834 the LORD H3068 has given H5414 you to eat H402.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 -

‘Also if H3588 one of the animals H929 dies H4191 which H834 you have for food H402, the one who touches H5060 its carcass H5038 becomes H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - ‘All of you shall have H1961 the Sabbath H7676 produce of the land H776 as food H402; for yourself, your male H5650 and female H519 slaves H519 H5650, and your hired H7916 worker H7916 and your foreign H8453 resident H8453, those who live H1481 as H1481 strangers H1481 among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 -

“Is My inheritance H5159 like a speckled H6641 bird H5861 of H5861 prey H5861 to Me?

Are the birds H5861 of H5861 prey H5861 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439?

Go H1980, gather H622 all H3605 the animals H2416 of the field H7704,

Bring H857 them to devour H398!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - “If H2009 it has been put H5414 into the fire H784 for fuel H402, and the fire H784 has consumed H398 both H8147 of its ends H7098 and its middle H8432 part H8432 has been H2787 charred H2787, is it then good H6743 for [fn]anything H4399?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: ‘As the wood H6086 of the vine H1612 among the trees H6086 of the forest H3293, which H834 I have given H5414 to the fire H784 for fuel H402, so H3651 have I given H5414 up H5414 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:32 - ‘You will be [fn]fuel H402 for the fire H784; your blood H1818 will be in the midst H8432 of the land H776. You will not be remembered H2142, for I, the LORD H3068, have spoken H1696.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - “For they have committed H5003 adultery H5003, and blood H1818 is on their hands H3027. So they have committed H5003 adultery H5003 with their idols H1544, and even H1571 made their sons H1121, whom H834 they bore H3205 to Me, pass H5674 through H5674 the fire to [fn]them as food H402.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 -

“I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness H4057, you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]canals H2975;

You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field H7704; you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered H6908.

I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the animals H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - “They scattered H6327 for lack H1097 of a shepherd H7462, and they became H1961 food H402 for every H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704 and scattered H6327.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live H2416,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068, “certainly H518 H3808, because H3282 My flock H6629 has become H1961 plunder H957, and My flock H6629 has become H1961 food H402 for all H3605 the animals H2416 of the field H7704 for lack H369 of a shepherd H7462, and My shepherds H7462 did not search H1875 for My flock H6629, but rather the shepherds H7462 fed H7462 themselves and did not feed H7462 My flock H6629,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am against H413 the shepherds H7462, and I will demand H1875 My [fn]sheep H6629 [fn]from them and make them stop H7673 tending H7462 sheep H6629. So the shepherds H7462 will not [fn]feed H7462 themselves anymore H5750, but I will save H5337 My sheep H6629 from their mouth H6310, so that they will not be food H402 for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - “Then you will know H3045 [fn]that I, the LORD H3068, have heard H8085 all H3605 your insults H5007 which H834 you have spoken H559 against H5921 the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478 saying H559, ‘They are H8074 desolate H8074; they have been given H5414 to us as food H402.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - “You will fall H5307 on the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478, you and all H3605 your troops H102, and the peoples H5971 who H834 are with you; I will give H5414 you as food H402 to every H3605 [fn]kind H3671 of predatory H5861 bird H6833 and animal H2416 of the field H7704.
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