Lexicon :: Strong's H402 - 'āḵlâ

אָכְלָה

Transliteration

'āḵlâ

Pronunciation

ok-law'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From אֻכָל (H401)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 85b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H402 in the following manner: meat (8x), devour (3x), fuel (3x), eat (2x), consume (1x), food (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

food
1. food, eating
2. object of devouring, consuming
  1. by wild beasts (figurative)
  2. in fire
  3. of judgment (figurative)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H402: Abbreviations

אָכְלָה ₁₇ noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare Dr^{JPh xi. 217}) only P, & Ezekiel; always לְאָכְלָה.

1. especially in phrase like לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ׳ Genesis 1:29; Genesis 6:21; Genesis 9:3; Leviticus 11:39; so Leviticus 25:6 וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָבְלָה compare נָתַן לְא׳ Genesis 1:30; Exodus 16:15.

2. devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 34:5, 8, 10; Ezekiel 39:4, compare Ezekiel 35:12.

3. consumimg, in fire Ezekiel 15:4, 6, of fire-sacrifice of children Ezekiel 23:37; figurative of judgment of י׳ Ezekiel 21:37; (compare also infinitive of אָכַל).

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:29; 1:30; 6:21; 9:3

Exodus

16:15

Leviticus

11:39; 25:6

Ezekiel

15:4; 15:6; 23:37; 29:5; 34:5; 34:8; 34:10; 35:12; 39:4

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H402 matches the Hebrew אָכְלָה ('āḵlâ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 1:30 - And to every beast H2416 of the earth,H776 and to every fowl H5775 of the air,H8064 and to every thing that creepeth H7430 upon the earth,H776 wherein there is life,H2416 H5315 I have given every green H3418 herb H6212 for meat:^H402 and it was so.

Gen 6:21 - And take H3947 thou unto thee of all food H3978 that is eaten,H398 and thou shalt gather H622 it to thee; and it shall be for food^H402 for thee, and for them.

Gen 9:3 - Every moving thing H7431 that liveth H2416 shall be meat^H402 for you; even as the green H3418 herb H6212 have I given H5414 you all things.

Exo 16:15 - And when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 it, they said H559 one H376 to another,H251 It is manna:H4478 for they wist H3045 not what it was. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto them, This is the bread H3899 which the LORD H3068 hath given H5414 you to eat.^H402

Lev 11:39 - And if any beast,H929 of which ye may eat,^H402 die;H4191 he that toucheth H5060 the carcase H5038 thereof shall be unclean H2930 until the even.H6153

Lev 25:6 - And the sabbath H7676 of the land H776 shall be meat^H402 for you; for thee, and for thy servant,H5650 and for thy maid,H519 and for thy hired servant,H7916 and for thy stranger H8453 that sojourneth H1481 with thee,

Jer 12:9 - Mine heritage H5159 is unto me as a speckled H6641 bird,H5861 the birds H5861 round about H5439 are against her; come H3212 ye, assemble H622 all the beasts H2416 of the field,H7704 come H857 to devour.^H402

Eze 15:4 - Behold, it is cast H5414 into the fire H784 for fuel;^H402 the fire H784 devoureth H398 both H8147 the ends H7098 of it, and the midst H8432 of it is burned.H2787 Is it meet H6743 for any work?H4399

Eze 15:6 - Therefore thus saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD;H3069 As the vine H1612 tree H6086 among the trees H6086 of the forest,H3293 which I have given H5414 to the fire H784 for fuel,^H402 so will I give H5414 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem.H3389

Eze 21:32 - Thou shalt be for fuel^H402 to the fire;H784 thy blood H1818 shall be in the midst H8432 of the land;H776 thou shalt be no more remembered:H2142 for I the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it.

Eze 23:37 - That they have committed adultery,H5003 and blood H1818 is in their hands,H3027 and with their idols H1544 have they committed adultery,H5003 and have also caused their sons,H1121 whom they bare H3205 unto me, to pass for them through H5674 the fire, to devour^H402 them.

Eze 29:5 - And I will leave H5203 thee thrown into the wilderness,H4057 thee and all the fish H1710 of thy rivers:H2975 thou shalt fall H5307 upon the open H6440 fields;H7704 thou shalt not be brought together,H622 nor gathered:H6908 I have given H5414 thee for meat^H402 to the beasts H2416 of the field H776 and to the fowls H5775 of the heaven.H8064

Eze 34:5 - And they were scattered,H6327 because there is no shepherd:H7462 and they became meat^H402 to all the beasts H2416 of the field,H7704 when they were scattered.H6327

Eze 35:12 - And thou shalt know H3045 that I am the LORD,H3068 and that I have heard H8085 all thy blasphemies H5007 which thou hast spoken H559 against the mountains H2022 of Israel,H3478 saying,H559 They are laid desolate,H8074 H8077 they are given H5414 us to consume.^H402

Eze 39:4 - Thou shalt fall H5307 upon the mountains H2022 of Israel,H3478 thou, and all thy bands,H102 and the people H5971 that is with thee: I will give H5414 thee unto the ravenous H5861 birds H6833 of every sort,H3671 and to the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 to be devoured.^H402