Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H398

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Original: אכל

Transliteration: akal ('âkal)

Phonetic: aw-kal'

BDB Definition:

to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1. (Qal)
  1. to eat (human subject)
  2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
  3. to devour, consume (of fire)
  4. to devour, slay (of sword)
  5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects i.e., pestilence, drought)
  6. to devour (of oppression)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be eaten (by men)
  2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
  3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
3. (Pual)
  1. to cause to eat, feed with
  2. to cause to devour
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to feed
  2. to cause to eat
5. (Piel)
  1. consume

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 85

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively): - X at all, burn up, consume, devour (-er, up), dine, eat (-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in. .. wise (-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (810x)

A Consuming (2x)

After They Had Eaten (1x)

Against Them: For Thou Mayest Eat (1x)

All That Devour (1x)

All That Eat (1x)

Also He Eateth (1x)

Among Them That Did Eat (1x)

Among Them, And Consumed (1x)

Among Them, Which Devoured (1x)

And Ate (1x)

And Burnt Up (1x)

And Consume (2x)

And Consumed (8x)

And Devour (6x)

And Devoured (3x)

And Did Eat (13x)

And Did Eat Up (2x)

And Did Not Eat (1x)

And Eat (27x)

And Eaten (1x)

And Eateth (2x)

And Fed (1x)

And Feed (3x)

And For Food (1x)

And Hast Eaten (2x)

And Have Devoured (2x)

And He Caused Me To Eat (1x)

And He Did Eat (4x)

And He Shall Eat (2x)

And He That Eateth (2x)

And I Did Eat (3x)

And I Will Cause Them To Eat (1x)

And I Will Feed (1x)

And If It Be Eaten (1x)

And In Thee They Eat (1x)

And It Came To Pass, As They Were Eating (1x)

And It Came To Pass, When They Had Eaten Up (1x)

And It Devoured (1x)

And It Hath Devoured (1x)

And It Shall Consume (1x)

And It Shall Devour (6x)

And Let Them Be Of Those That Eat (1x)

And Never Eateth (1x)

And Shall Consume (1x)

And Shall Devour (1x)

And Shall Eat (2x)

And Shall Not Eat (1x)

And Shalt Eat (1x)

And She Did Eat (1x)

And She Shall Be Devoured (1x)

And There Eat (2x)

And There They Did Eat (1x)

And There Will I Devour (1x)

And There Ye Shall Eat (1x)

And They Did Eat (12x)

And They Shall Devour (2x)

And They Shall Eat (7x)

And They Shall Eat Up (1x)

And They Shall Have Eaten (1x)

And Thou Mayest Not Eat (1x)

And Thou Shalt Consume (1x)

And Thou Shalt Eat (6x)

And Thou Shalt Not Eat (1x)

And We Will Eat (1x)

And When He Had Eaten (1x)

And When Ye Did Eat (1x)

And Would Eat (1x)

And Ye Shall Eat (14x)

And, Behold, He Eateth (1x)

And, Behold, They Eat (1x)

Any More; But They Did Eat (1x)

As A Devouring (1x)

As To Devour (1x)

At All (3x)

At Meat (1x)

Be Consumed (1x)

Be Eaten (4x)

Before Him, And He Did Eat (1x)

Behold, I Will Feed (2x)

But Even Hath Eaten (1x)

But Shalt Not Eat (2x)

But They Did Eat (1x)

But Thou Must Eat (1x)

But Ye Shall In No Wise (1x)

Consumed (5x)

Consumeth (2x)

Devour (5x)

Devoured (9x)

Devourest Up (1x)

Devoureth (5x)

Did Eat (8x)

Did Eat Up (2x)

Did Not Ye Eat (1x)

Down To Eat (1x)

Eat (45x)

Eaten (4x)

Eateth (2x)

Eateth Up (1x)

Eating (9x)

100

For He Did Eat (1x)

101

For I Have Eaten (1x)

102

For Meat (1x)

103

For She Shall Eat (1x)

104

For Them: And When They Had Eaten (1x)

105

For They Have Devoured (1x)

106

For They Have Eaten Up (1x)

107

For They Shall Eat (2x)

108

For Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

109

For Who Can Eat (1x)

110

For Whosoever Eateth (3x)

111

For Ye Shall Eat (1x)

112

Freely (1x)

113

From Them, And They Shall Be Devoured (1x)

114

Had Eaten (2x)

115

Had Not Eaten (1x)

116

Hast Thou Eaten (1x)

117

Hath Consumed (1x)

118

Hath Devoured (10x)

119

Hath Eaten (1x)

120

Hath Eaten Me Up (1x)

121

Hath Not Eaten (3x)

122

Have Devoured (1x)

123

Have Eaten (4x)

124

Have I Not Eaten (1x)

125

Have Not Eaten (1x)

126

Have We Eaten (1x)

127

He Did Eat (1x)

128

He Did Neither Eat (1x)

129

He Had Eaten (1x)

130

He Shall Devour (1x)

131

He Shall Eat (4x)

132

He Shall Eat Up (1x)

133

He Shall Not Eat (2x)

134

He Should Have Fed (1x)

135

He That Eateth (1x)

136

He: Eat (1x)

137

Here, And Eat (1x)

138

Him To Eat (1x)

139

Him, He Did Eat (1x)

140

Him, That He May Eat (1x)

141

Him, Then Shall He Eat (1x)

142

I Ate (1x)

143

I Did Neither Eat (1x)

144

I Eat (1x)

145

I Fed (1x)

146

I Had Eaten (1x)

147

I Have Eaten (1x)

148

I Have Not Eaten (1x)

149

I Neither Did Eat (1x)

150

I Will Eat (1x)

151

I Will Not Eat (2x)

152

If I Have Eaten (1x)

153

In Eating (1x)

154

In Him; For He Had Eaten (1x)

155

In It To Eat (1x)

156

In Plenty (1x)

157

In That They Eat (1x)

158

In Thee, And It Shall Devour (1x)

159

In Thee: They Shall Eat (1x)

160

In Them, And Devour (1x)

161

In Thither To Eat (1x)

162

Is Eaten (1x)

163

It Devoured (1x)

164

It Did Eat (1x)

165

It Hath Consumed (1x)

166

It Shall Be Eaten (2x)

167

It Shall Be Eaten Up (1x)

168

It Shall Devour (2x)

169

It Shall Eat (2x)

170

It Shall Eat Thee Up (1x)

171

It Shall Not Be Eaten (3x)

172

Let Us Eat (1x)

173

Like Devouring (1x)

174

May Devour (1x)

175

May Eat (2x)

176

Me, And I Have Eaten (1x)

177

Me, I Will Not Eat (1x)

178

Meat (2x)

179

Moreover Ye Shall Eat (1x)

180

Must Eat (1x)

181

Neither Eat (1x)

182

Nevertheless These Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

183

Nor Eat (4x)

184

Not Consumed (1x)

185

Not Do Ye Eat (1x)

186

Not Eat (3x)

187

Not Eat Up (1x)

188

Not; When Thou Shalt Have Eaten (1x)

189

Of A Devouring (1x)

190

Of Devouring (1x)

191

Of Eating (2x)

192

Of It Shall Be Eaten (1x)

193

Of The Eater (1x)

194

Of Thee, It Shall Devour (1x)

195

Of Which Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

196

Of You Shall Eat (1x)

197

Only Thou Shalt Not Eat (1x)

198

Only Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

199

Or Have Eaten (1x)

200

Shall Be Devoured (3x)

201

Shall Be Eaten (4x)

202

Shall Consume (2x)

203

Shall Devour (14x)

204

Shall Dine (1x)

205

Shall Eat (34x)

206

Shall Eat Them Up (2x)

207

Shall Eat You Up (1x)

208

Shall Every One Eat (1x)

209

Shall He Eat (2x)

210

Shall It Be Eaten (3x)

211

Shall Not Be Eaten (2x)

212

Shall Not Eat (4x)

213

Shall Ye Eat (7x)

214

Shall Ye Not Eat (1x)

215

Shalt Thou Eat (7x)

216

She Eateth (1x)

217

She May Not Eat (2x)

218

She Shall Eat (1x)

219

Should Eat (2x)

220

So They Did Eat (3x)

221

So Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

222

Still: But He Shall Eat (1x)

223

Than To Eat (1x)

224

That Cannot Be Eaten (2x)

225

That Devoureth (1x)

226

That Eat (2x)

227

That Eateth (11x)

228

That Eateth Up (1x)

229

That He May Eat (3x)

230

That He Might Eat (1x)

231

That He Should Eat (1x)

232

That I May Eat (3x)

233

That Is Eaten (1x)

234

That May Be Eaten (2x)

235

That May Not Be Eaten (1x)

236

That Shall Ye Eat (1x)

237

That They May Eat (7x)

238

That They Should Eat (1x)

239

That Thou Eat (1x)

240

That Thou Eatest (2x)

241

That Thou Mayest Eat (1x)

242

That We May Eat (5x)

243

That Ye Eat (1x)

244

That Ye May Eat (2x)

245

That Ye Shall Eat (1x)

246

The Devourer (1x)

247

Thee Shall Be Devoured (1x)

248

Thee, And Thou Eat (1x)

249

Thee, And Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

250

Thee. Then Did I Eat (1x)

251

Thee; And Eat (1x)

252

Them Have Devoured (1x)

253

Them Shall Ye Eat (1x)

254

Them Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

255

Them, And Gave Them To Eat (1x)

256

Them, And They Did Eat (2x)

257

Them, That They May Eat (1x)

258

Them; And They Shall Devour (1x)

259

Themselves, Yet Did They Eat (1x)

260

Then It Shall Be, That, When Ye Eat (1x)

261

Then Thou Mayest Eat (1x)

262

Therefore All They That Devour (1x)

263

Therefore Shall They Eat (1x)

264

Therefore Thou Shalt Devour (1x)

265

Thereof Are Consumed (1x)

266

Thereof Be Meat (1x)

267

Thereof He Eateth (1x)

268

Thereof Were Consumed (1x)

269

Thereof, And It Shall Devour (2x)

270

Thereof, Shall Ye Not Eat (1x)

271

Thereof: It Shall Be Eaten (1x)

272

Thereof: Whosoever Eateth (1x)

273

These Of Them Ye May Eat (1x)

274

These Shall Ye Eat (1x)

275

These Shall Ye Not Eat (1x)

276

These Ye Shall Eat (1x)

277

They Did Eat (1x)

278

They Eat (3x)

279

They Eat Up (1x)

280

They Had Eaten (1x)

281

They Have Devoured (1x)

282

They Shall Be Devoured (1x)

283

They Shall Eat (8x)

284

They Shall Eat Up (2x)

285

They Shall Not Be Eaten (1x)

286

They That Did Feed (1x)

287

Thither, He Did Eat (1x)

288

Thou Didst Eat (1x)

289

Thou Feedest (1x)

290

Thou Hast Eaten (2x)

291

Thou Mayest Eat (1x)

292

Thou Mayest Freely (1x)

293

Thou Shalt Eat (10x)

294

Thou Shalt Not Eat (5x)

295

Thou? And Why Eatest (1x)

296

To Be Devoured (1x)

297

To Consume (1x)

298

To Devour (4x)

299

To Eat (35x)

300

To Him, And He Did Eat (1x)

301

To Him: For He Had Eaten (1x)

302

To Me, And I Will Eat (1x)

303

To Me, That I May Eat (1x)

304

To Me: And Eat (1x)

305

To The Eater (1x)

306

To Thee, Eat (1x)

307

To Thee; And Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

308

Until He Eat (1x)

309

Unto Him To Eat (1x)

310

Unto Me, And Eat (1x)

311

Unto Me: Neither Shall Ye Eat (1x)

312

Unto Thee, Ye Shall Eat (2x)

313

Unto Them To Be Devoured (1x)

314

Unto Them, Out Of The Eater (1x)

315

Unto Them, That They Should Not Eat (2x)

316

Unto Thyself; And Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

317

Unto You: It Shall Not Be Eaten (1x)

318

Unto You: They Shall Not Be Eaten (1x)

319

Unto You: Ye Shall Eat (1x)

320

Unto You: Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

321

Unto You; Ye Shall Not Eat (1x)

322

Up Even Till Now Have I Not Eaten (1x)

323

Upon Me To Eat Up (1x)

324

Upon Them To Eat (1x)

325

Us, And Hath Quite (1x)

326

We May Eat (1x)

327

We Will Eat (1x)

328

Were Higher (1x)

329

What Shall We Eat (1x)

330

When They Eat (1x)

331

When Thou Hast Eaten (1x)

332

When We Did Eat (1x)

333

Wherefore Have Ye Not Eaten (1x)

334

Wherein They Shall Eat (1x)

335

Wherewith I Have Fed (1x)

336

Whether He Eat (1x)

337

Which Cannot Be Eaten (1x)

338

Which Could Not Be Eaten (1x)

339

Which Did Eat (4x)

340

Which Eat (2x)

341

Which He Did Eat (1x)

342

Which May Be Eaten (1x)

343

Which Shall Devour (4x)

344

Which Thou Shalt Eat (1x)

345

Which We Did Eat (1x)

346

Which Ye Shall Eat (2x)

347

Who Also Eat (1x)

348

Who Eat Up (2x)

349

Who Fed (1x)

350

Whom He Shall Eat (1x)

351

Will Consume (1x)

352

Will I Eat (1x)

353

Will Not Eat (1x)

354

With Her; And He Did Eat (1x)

355

With Him, And Did Eat (1x)

356

With Him, To Eat (1x)

357

With Me, And Eat (1x)

358

With The Devouring (1x)

359

With Thee, Neither Will I Eat (1x)

360

With Thee: Neither Will I Eat (1x)

361

With Thee; He Eateth (1x)

362

With Them To Eat (1x)

363

Ye Eat (4x)

364

Ye For Me, And Neither Eat (1x)

365

Ye Have Eaten (1x)

366

Ye Have Not Eaten (1x)

367

Ye May Eat (1x)

368

Ye May Not Eat (1x)

369

Ye Must Eat (1x)

370

Ye Shall Be Devoured (1x)

371

Ye Shall Eat (10x)

372

Ye Shall Not Eat (5x)

373

Ye Should Indeed (1x)

374

Yea, They That Feed (1x)

375

Yet These May Ye Eat (1x)

376

You Eat (1x)

377

You, That Eateth (1x)

Occurrences of "To Eat"

Genesis 24:33

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.(l)

Genesis 37:25

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord .

Exodus 18:12

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

Numbers 11:4

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?(e)

(f)

Numbers 11:18

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord , saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Deuteronomy 12:20

When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Deuteronomy 18:8

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.(a)

1 Samuel 9:13

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.(i)

1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

2 Samuel 9:10

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 11:11

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Samuel 13:9

And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

2 Samuel 16:2

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

1 Kings 18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

2 Kings 4:40

So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord , we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Nehemiah 9:36

Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

Job 1:4

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Psalm 102:4

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Proverbs 25:21

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.(c)

(d)

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Isaiah 23:18

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord : it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord , to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.(i)

Jeremiah 2:7

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.(b)

Ezekiel 3:3

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Daniel 1:12

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.(e)

(f)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H398

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H398