Akhal אָכַל

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Akhal
אָכַל
Transliterationakhal
Strong's numberH398
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto eat
Occurrences810 in 701 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (81)

Akhal (Hebrew אָכַל, Strong's H398) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to eat”. It occurs 810 times in 701 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to eat (human subject)
1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
1a6) to devour (of oppression)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be eaten (by men)
1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
1c2) to cause to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to feed
1d2) to cause to eat
1e) (Piel)
1e1) consume
Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVeat (478), eaten (79), devour (57), devoured (41), eateth (29), up (24), consumed (20), eating (13), consume (9), feed (8), devoureth (6), fed (5), and 19 other renderings
BSBeat (162), they ate (20), ate (19), will eat (19), consumed (18), you may eat (17), consume (17), you will eat (15), devour (13), eats (13), you eat (12), be eaten (12), and 248 other renderings

Verses

Akhal occurs in 701 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (54): 2:16, 2:17, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:6, 3:11, 3:12, 3:13, 3:14, 3:17, 3:18, 3:19, 3:22, 6:21, 9:4, 14:24, 18:8, 19:3, 24:33, 24:54, 25:34, 26:30, 27:4, 27:7, 27:10, 27:19, 27:25, 27:31, 27:33, 28:20, 31:15, 31:38, 31:40, 31:46, 31:54, 32:32, 37:20, 37:25, 37:33, 39:6, 40:17, 40:19, 41:4, 41:20, 43:2, 43:16, 43:25, 43:32, 45:18, 47:22, 47:24, 49:27

Exodus (44): 2:20, 3:2, 10:5, 10:12, 10:15, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:11, 12:15, 12:16, 12:18, 12:19, 12:20, 12:43, 12:44, 12:45, 12:46, 12:48, 13:3, 13:6, 13:7, 15:7, 16:3, 16:8, 16:12, 16:25, 16:32, 16:35, 18:12, 21:28, 22:6, 22:31, 23:11, 23:15, 24:11, 24:17, 29:32, 29:33, 29:34, 32:6, 34:15, 34:18, 34:28

Leviticus (81): 3:17, 6:10, 6:16, 6:18, 6:23, 6:26, 6:29, 6:30, 7:6, 7:15, 7:16, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 7:26, 7:27, 8:31, 9:24, 10:2, 10:12, 10:13, 10:14, 10:17, 10:18, 10:19, 11:2, 11:3, 11:4, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 11:21, 11:22, 11:34, 11:40, 11:41, 11:42, 11:47, 14:47, 17:10, 17:12, 17:13, 17:14, 17:15, 19:6, 19:7, 19:8, 19:23, 19:25, 19:26, 21:22, 22:4, 22:6, 22:7, 22:8, 22:10, 22:11, 22:12, 22:13, 22:14, 22:16, 22:30, 23:6, 23:14, 24:9, 25:7, 25:12, 25:19, 25:20, 25:22, 26:5, 26:10, 26:16, 26:26, 26:29, 26:38

Numbers (24): 6:3, 6:4, 9:11, 11:1, 11:4, 11:5, 11:13, 11:18, 11:19, 11:21, 12:12, 13:32, 15:19, 16:35, 18:10, 18:11, 18:13, 18:31, 21:28, 23:24, 24:8, 25:2, 26:10, 28:17

Deuteronomy (71): 2:6, 2:28, 4:24, 4:28, 5:25, 6:11, 7:16, 8:3, 8:9, 8:10, 8:12, 8:16, 9:3, 9:9, 9:18, 11:15, 12:7, 12:15, 12:16, 12:17, 12:18, 12:20, 12:21, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 12:25, 12:27, 14:3, 14:4, 14:6, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:19, 14:20, 14:21, 14:23, 14:26, 14:29, 15:20, 15:22, 15:23, 16:3, 16:7, 16:8, 18:1, 18:8, 20:14, 20:19, 23:24, 26:12, 26:14, 27:7, 28:31, 28:33, 28:39, 28:51, 28:53, 28:55, 28:57, 29:6, 31:17, 31:20, 32:13, 32:22, 32:38, 32:42

Joshua (3): 5:11, 5:12, 24:13

Judges (14): 6:21, 9:15, 9:20, 9:27, 13:4, 13:7, 13:14, 13:16, 14:9, 14:14, 19:4, 19:6, 19:8, 19:21

Ruth (3): 2:14, 3:3, 3:7

1 Samuel (24): 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:18, 2:36, 9:13, 9:19, 9:24, 14:24, 14:28, 14:30, 14:32, 14:33, 14:34, 20:5, 20:24, 20:34, 28:20, 28:22, 28:23, 28:25, 30:11, 30:12, 30:16

2 Samuel (21): 2:26, 9:7, 9:10, 9:11, 9:13, 11:11, 11:13, 11:25, 12:3, 12:20, 12:21, 13:5, 13:9, 13:11, 16:2, 17:29, 18:8, 19:28, 19:35, 19:42, 22:9

1 Kings (33): 1:25, 1:41, 2:7, 4:20, 13:8, 13:9, 13:15, 13:16, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19, 13:22, 13:23, 13:28, 14:11, 16:4, 17:12, 17:15, 18:19, 18:38, 18:41, 18:42, 19:5, 19:6, 19:7, 19:8, 19:21, 21:4, 21:5, 21:7, 21:23, 21:24, 22:27

2 Kings (24): 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 4:8, 4:40, 4:41, 4:42, 4:43, 4:44, 6:22, 6:23, 6:28, 6:29, 7:2, 7:8, 7:19, 9:10, 9:34, 9:36, 18:27, 18:31, 19:29, 23:9, 25:29

1 Chronicles (2): 12:39, 29:22

2 Chronicles (7): 7:1, 7:13, 18:26, 28:15, 30:18, 30:22, 31:10

Ezra (4): 2:63, 6:21, 9:12, 10:6

Nehemiah (9): 2:3, 2:13, 5:2, 5:14, 7:65, 8:10, 8:12, 9:25, 9:36

Esther (1): 4:16

Job (20): 1:4, 1:13, 1:16, 1:18, 5:5, 6:6, 13:28, 15:34, 18:13, 20:21, 20:26, 21:25, 22:20, 31:8, 31:12, 31:17, 31:39, 34:3, 40:15, 42:11

Psalms (27): 14:4, 18:8, 21:9, 22:26, 22:29, 27:2, 41:9, 50:3, 50:13, 53:4, 59:15, 69:9, 78:24, 78:25, 78:29, 78:45, 78:63, 79:7, 80:5, 81:16, 102:4, 102:9, 105:35, 106:20, 106:28, 127:2, 128:2

Proverbs (15): 1:31, 13:2, 13:25, 18:21, 23:7, 23:8, 24:13, 25:16, 25:21, 25:27, 27:18, 30:14, 30:17, 30:20, 31:27

Ecclesiastes (14): 2:24, 2:25, 3:13, 4:5, 5:11, 5:12, 5:17, 5:18, 5:19, 6:2, 8:15, 9:7, 10:16, 10:17

Song of Solomon (2): 4:16, 5:1

Isaiah (49): 1:7, 1:19, 1:20, 3:10, 4:1, 5:17, 5:24, 7:15, 7:22, 9:12, 9:18, 9:20, 10:17, 11:7, 21:5, 22:13, 23:18, 24:6, 26:11, 29:6, 29:8, 30:24, 30:27, 30:30, 31:8, 33:11, 33:14, 36:12, 36:16, 37:30, 44:16, 44:19, 49:26, 50:9, 51:8, 55:1, 55:2, 55:10, 56:9, 58:14, 59:5, 61:6, 62:9, 65:4, 65:13, 65:21, 65:22, 65:25, 66:17

Jeremiah (38): 2:3, 2:7, 2:30, 3:24, 5:14, 5:17, 7:21, 8:16, 9:15, 10:25, 12:12, 15:3, 15:16, 16:8, 17:27, 19:9, 21:14, 22:15, 23:15, 24:2, 24:3, 24:8, 29:5, 29:17, 29:28, 30:16, 31:29, 31:30, 41:1, 46:10, 46:14, 48:45, 49:27, 50:7, 50:17, 50:32, 51:34, 52:33

Lamentations (4): 2:3, 2:20, 4:5, 4:11

Ezekiel (51): 2:8, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 4:13, 4:14, 4:16, 5:10, 7:15, 12:18, 12:19, 15:4, 15:5, 15:7, 16:13, 16:19, 16:20, 18:2, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15, 19:3, 19:6, 19:12, 19:14, 20:47, 22:9, 22:25, 23:25, 24:17, 24:22, 25:4, 28:18, 33:25, 33:27, 34:3, 34:28, 36:13, 36:14, 39:17, 39:18, 39:19, 42:5, 42:13, 44:3, 44:29, 44:31, 45:21

Daniel (5): 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 10:3, 11:26

Hosea (14): 2:12, 4:8, 4:10, 5:7, 7:7, 7:9, 8:13, 8:14, 9:3, 9:4, 10:13, 11:4, 11:6, 13:8

Joel (7): 1:4, 1:19, 1:20, 2:3, 2:5, 2:25, 2:26

Amos (14): 1:4, 1:7, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:5, 4:9, 5:6, 6:4, 7:2, 7:4, 7:12, 9:14

Obadiah (1): 1:18

Micah (3): 3:3, 6:14, 7:1

Nahum (5): 1:10, 2:13, 3:12, 3:13, 3:15

Habakkuk (2): 1:8, 3:14

Zephaniah (2): 1:18, 3:8

Haggai (1): 1:6

Zechariah (7): 7:6, 9:4, 9:15, 11:1, 11:9, 11:16, 12:6

Malachi (1): 3:11

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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