Akhal אֲכַל

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Akhal
אֲכַל
Transliterationakhal
Strong's numberH399
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechverb
Glossto devour
Occurrences7 in 7 verses

Akhal (Aramaic אֲכַל, Strong's H399) is an Aramaic verb meaning “to devour”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to eat, devour
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to eat (of beasts)
1a2) to devour
1a3) eat their pieces (in a phrase, that is, slander them)

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

Translated as

KJVdevour (2), devoured (2), eat (1), accused (1)
BSBmaliciously (1), he ate (1), had falsely accused (1), gorge yourself (1), it devoured (1), devouring (1), it will devour (1)

Verses

Every verse with Akhal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Daniel

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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