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. Deuteronomy 9:3 אֹֽכְלָ֔ה 'o.khe.Lah · An -ing word: simple action

    Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.

  2. Deuteronomy 9:9 אָכַ֔לְתִּי 'a.Khal.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

  3. Deuteronomy 9:18 אָכַ֔לְתִּי 'a.Khal.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

  4. Deuteronomy 11:15 וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ ve.'a.khal.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.

  5. Deuteronomy 12:7 וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־ va.'a.khal.tem- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

  6. Deuteronomy 12:15 וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ ve.'a.khal.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

  7. Deuteronomy 12:15 יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ yo.khe.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

  8. Deuteronomy 12:16 תֹאכֵ֑לוּ to.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

  9. Deuteronomy 12:17 לֶאֱכֹ֣ל le.'e.Khol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

  10. Deuteronomy 12:18 תֹּאכְלֶ֗נּוּ to.khe.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

  11. Deuteronomy 12:20 אֹכְלָ֣ה 'o.khe.Lah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  12. Deuteronomy 12:20 לֶאֱכֹ֣ל le.'e.Khol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  13. Deuteronomy 12:20 תֹּאכַ֥ל to.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  14. Deuteronomy 12:21 וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ ve.'a.khal.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

  15. Deuteronomy 12:22 יֵאָכֵ֤ל ye.'a.Khel · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

  16. Deuteronomy 12:22 תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ to.khe.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

  17. Deuteronomy 12:22 יֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃ yo.khe.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

  18. Deuteronomy 12:23 אֲכֹ֣ל 'a.Khol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

  19. Deuteronomy 12:23 תֹאכַ֥ל to.Khal · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

  20. Deuteronomy 12:24 תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ to.khe.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

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