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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. Ezekiel 5:10 יֹאכְל֤וּ yo.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

  2. Ezekiel 5:10 יֹאכְל֣וּ yo.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

  3. Ezekiel 7:15 יֹאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ yo.kha.Le.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  4. Ezekiel 12:18 תֹּאכֵ֑ל to.Khel · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;

  5. Ezekiel 12:19 יֹאכֵ֔לוּ yo.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

  6. Ezekiel 15:4 אָכְלָ֤ה 'a.khe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

  7. Ezekiel 15:5 אֲכָלַ֙תְהוּ֙ 'a.kha.Lat.hu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

  8. Ezekiel 15:7 תֹּֽאכְלֵ֑ם tokh.Lem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

  9. Ezekiel 16:13 אָכָ֑לְתְּ 'a.khal.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

  10. Ezekiel 16:19 הֶֽאֱכַלְתִּ֔יךְ he.'e.khal.Tikh · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  11. Ezekiel 16:20 לֶאֱכ֑וֹל le.'e.Khol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

  12. Ezekiel 18:2 יֹ֣אכְלוּ Yo.khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

  13. Ezekiel 18:6 אָכָ֔ל 'a.Khal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

  14. Ezekiel 18:11 אָכַ֔ל 'a.Khal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  15. Ezekiel 18:15 אָכָ֔ל 'a.Khal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  16. Ezekiel 19:3 אָכָֽל׃ 'a.Khal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  17. Ezekiel 19:6 אָכָֽל׃ 'a.Khal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  18. Ezekiel 19:12 אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃ 'a.kha.La.te.hu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

  19. Ezekiel 19:14 אָכָ֔לָה 'a.Kha.lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

  20. Ezekiel 20:47 וְאָכְלָ֣ה ve.'a.khe.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

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