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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 22:9 אָ֣כְלוּ 'A.khe.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

  2. Ezekiel 22:25 אָכָ֗לוּ 'a.Kha.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

  3. Ezekiel 23:25 תֵּאָכֵ֥ל te.'a.Khel · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

  4. Ezekiel 24:17 תֹאכֵֽל׃ to.Khel · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

  5. Ezekiel 24:22 תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ to.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

  6. Ezekiel 25:4 יֹאכְל֣וּ yo.khe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

  7. Ezekiel 28:18 אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ 'a.kha.Lat.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

  8. Ezekiel 33:25 תֹּאכֵ֛לוּ to.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

  9. Ezekiel 33:27 לְאָכְל֑וֹ le.'a.khe.Lo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

  10. Ezekiel 34:3 תֹּאכֵ֙לוּ֙ to.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

  11. Ezekiel 34:28 תֹאכְלֵ֑ם tokh.Lem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

  12. Ezekiel 36:13 אֹכֶ֥לֶת 'o.Khe.let · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;

  13. Ezekiel 36:14 תֹ֣אכְלִי Tokh.li · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah;

  14. Ezekiel 39:17 וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם va.'a.khal.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

  15. Ezekiel 39:18 תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ to.Khe.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

  16. Ezekiel 39:19 וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־ va.'a.khal.tem- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

  17. Ezekiel 42:5 יוֹכְל֨וּ yokh.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

  18. Ezekiel 42:13 יֹאכְלוּ־ yo.khe.lu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

  19. Ezekiel 44:3 לֶאֱכָל le.'e.khol- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

  20. Ezekiel 44:29 יֹֽאכְל֑וּם yokh.Lum · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

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