Okhel אֹ֫כֶל

Okhel (Hebrew אֹ֫כֶל, Strong's H400) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “food”. It occurs 43 times in 40 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 14:11
  And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
• Genesis 41:35
  And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
• Genesis 41:36
  And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
• Genesis 41:48
  And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
• Genesis 42:7
  And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
• Genesis 42:10
  And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
• Genesis 43:2
  And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
• Genesis 43:4
  If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
• Genesis 43:20
  And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
• Genesis 43:22
  And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
• Genesis 44:1
  And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
• Genesis 44:25
  And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
• Genesis 47:24
  And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”

Exodus

• Exodus 12:4
  And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
• Exodus 16:16
  This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
• Exodus 16:18
  And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
• Exodus 16:21
  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 11:34
  Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
• Leviticus 25:37
  Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 2:6
  Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
• Deuteronomy 2:28
  Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
• Deuteronomy 23:19
  Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.

Ruth

• Ruth 2:14
  And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

Job

• Job 9:26
  They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
• Job 12:11
  Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
• Job 36:31
  For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
• Job 38:41
  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
• Job 39:29
  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Psalms

• Psalm 78:18
  And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
• Psalm 78:30
  They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
• Psalm 104:21
  The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
• Psalm 104:27
  These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
• Psalm 107:18
  Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
• Psalm 145:15
  The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 13:23
  Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:11
  All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
• Lamentations 1:19
  I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Joel

• Joel 1:16
  Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:17
  Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Malachi

• Malachi 1:12
  But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

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).