אָכַל

a.khal · to eat

Hebrew · Strong's H398 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-kal' · 810 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אָכַל 806 vb. eat
Qal
1. eat, human subject
2. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour
3. fig. of fire, devour, consume
4. of sword, devour, slay
5. in genl., devour, consume, destroy
6. fig. of oppression, devour the poor
Niph.
1. be eaten by man
2. be devoured by fire, consumed
3. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh
Pu. be consumed
Hiph.
1. cause to eat, feed with
2. cause to devoure, obj. sword

Every occurrence

  1. Joshua 5:11 וַיֹּ֨אכְל֜וּ vai.Yo.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day.

  2. Joshua 5:12 בְּאָכְלָם֙ be.'a.khe.Lam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

  3. Joshua 5:12 וַיֹּאכְל֗וּ vai.yo.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

  4. Joshua 24:13 אֹכְלִֽים׃ 'o.khe.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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