אָכַל akhal

Hebrew word for “to eat” · Strong’s H398 · used 810 times in 701 verses

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Meaning

1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed;

How it is translated

Glosses given for akhal in context, with how often each is used:

• will eat 228
• eat 97
• ate 86
• will consume 35
• will be eaten 33
• consumed 26
• must eat 25
• eating 25
• will devour 25
• may eat 15
• have eaten 14
• has consumed 13

Where it is used

Also in 26 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 14 (15), Exodus 12 (14), Leviticus 11 (14), Genesis 3 (13), Leviticus 7 (12), Deuteronomy 12 (12), Leviticus 22 (11), 1 Kings 13 (10), Genesis 27 (7), Leviticus 6 (7)

Forms

• יאכל 77
• תאכל 62
• תאכלו 55
• אכל 53
• לאכל 46
• יאכלו 43
• ויאכלו 36
• ותאכל 27
• ויאכל 27
• ואכלה 25

Words used with it

Words that share verses with akhal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 101
• שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 92
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 90
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 62
• פְּרִי peri “fruit” 32
• מִן־ min “from” 55
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 46
• מַי mayim “water” 42
• עַד ad “till” 47
• זֶה zeh “this” 45
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 32
• שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 25

Key verses

The verses using akhal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou…
• Deuteronomy 32:22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the…
• Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
• Isaiah 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of…
• Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
• Isaiah 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without…
• Jeremiah 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
• Ezekiel 22:25 — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…

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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.