אֹכֶל okhel

Hebrew word for “food” · Strong’s H400 · used 43 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) food; 1a) cereal; 1b) meat; 2) food supply; 3) meal, dinner

How it is translated

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

• food 42
• meal 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 43 (4), Genesis 41 (3), Exodus 16 (3), Genesis 42 (2), Genesis 44 (2), Deuteronomy 2 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Psalms 104 (2), Lamentations 1 (2), Genesis 14 (1)

Forms

• אכל 27
• אכלם 5
• אכלו 5
• האכל 3
• ולאכלכם 1
• אכלך 1
• באכל 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁבַר shavar “to buy grain” 9
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 6
• פֶּה peh “lip” 6
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 6
• לָקַט laqat “to gather” 3
• שָׂבַר savar “to await” 2
• נֶשֶׁךְ neshekh “interest” 2
• אַמְתַּחַת amtachat “sack” 2
• עֹמֶר omer “sheaf” 2
• שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 3
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3

Key verses

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

• 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:
• 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…
• Job 36:31 — For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
• Psalms 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
• Psalms 104:21 — The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
• Psalms 104:27 — These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
• Psalms 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
• 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.
• 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.
• Joel 1:16 — Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
• 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…
• 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.

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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.