מַאֲכָל maakhal
Hebrew word for “food” · Strong’s H3978 · used 30 times in 29 verses
Meaning
food, fruit, meat
How it is translated
Glosses given for maakhal in context, with how often each is used:
- food 30
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 2 (1), Genesis 3 (1), Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 40 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 20 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Judges 14 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 1 Chronicles 12 (1)
Forms
- מאכל 15
- למאכל 8
- ומאכל 3
- מאכלה 1
- ומאכלך 1
- מאכלכם 1
- ומאכלו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maakhal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עוֹף oph “bird” 7
- נְבֵלָה nevelah “carcass” 6
- עֵץ ets “tree” 7
- בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 5
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 7
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 6
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 4
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 4
- מַעֲמָד maamad “office” 2
- מַלְבּוּשׁ malbush “garment” 2
- פְּרִי peri “fruit” 3
- שָׁמֵן shamen “rich” 2
Key verses
The verses using maakhal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,…
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit…
- 2 Chronicles 9:4 — And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and…
- Ezra 3:7 — They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from…
- Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so…
- Psalms 44:11 — Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
- Isaiah 62:8 — The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the…
- Jeremiah 7:33 — And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
- Jeremiah 19:7 — And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of…
- Jeremiah 34:20 — I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of…
- Ezekiel 47:12 — And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit…
See all 29 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.